All of a person’s sins are etched on his bones. (כָּל עֲווֹנוֹתָיו שֶׁל אָדָם חֲקוּקִין לוֹ עַל עַצְמוֹתָיו)
All of a person’s sins are etched on his bones. (כָּל עֲווֹנוֹתָיו שֶׁל אָדָם חֲקוּקִין לוֹ עַל עַצְמוֹתָיו)

All of a person’s sins are etched on his bones.

A person’s sins become a part of his character, as if they are a physical part of his body.

(Rabbi Yitzhak ben Parnach said: All of a person’s sins are etched on his bones, as it is said, 'And their iniquities were marked upon themselves,' and all of a person’s merits are written on his right hand, as it is said, 'The LORD is your shade at your right hand' – Tractates Ketanot, Tractate Simchot, Sefer Chibut HaKeber, Chapter 1, 5.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

כָּל עֲווֹנוֹתָיו שֶׁל אָדָם חֲקוּקִין לוֹ עַל עַצְמוֹתָיו

Definition (Hebrew)

העבֵרות שֶׁהָאָדָם מְבַצֵּעַ מֻפְנָמוּת לְתוֹךְ אִישִׁיּוּתוֹ וְכִבְיָכוֹל הוֹפְכוֹת לְחֵלֶק מִגּוּפוֹ.

("אָמַר ר' יִצְחָק בֶּן פַּרְנָךְ כָּל עֲוֹנֹתָיו שֶׁל אָדָם חִקּוּקִין לוֹ עַל עַצְמוֹתָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וַתְּהִי עֲוֹנֹתָם עַל עַצְמוֹתָם, וְכָל זְכוּיוֹתָיו שֶׁל אָדָם כְּתוּבִים לוֹ עַל יַד יְמִינוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ה' צִלְּךָ עַל יַד יְמִינֶךָ" – מַסֶּכְתּוֹת קְטַנּוֹת מַסֶּכֶת שְׂמָחוֹת סֵפֶר חִבּוּט הַקֶּבֶר פֶּרֶק א, ה).

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