Woe to me that I have seen you like this

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Woe to me that I have seen you like this

Woe to me that I have seen you like this

I am very distressed to see you in such a difficult state. I share in your pain.

("It was said about Rabbi Chacham Tzadok that he was pleasing before God, and he never uttered a curse against his fellow. When the Roman emperor commanded not to study Torah, what did Rabbi Chacham Tzadok do? He gathered congregations publicly and sat in the markets of Rome, learning, engaging, and teaching Torah. The emperor ordered him to be wrapped in a Torah scroll and burned. They took the scroll, wrapped him, lit the fire, and placed wool and sponges soaked in water on his heart so that his soul would not depart quickly. His daughter stood and said: 'Woe to me, father, that I have seen you like this.' And he replied to her: 'It is good for me, my daughter, that you have seen me thus.'" – Shabbat 33b)

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Expression (Hebrew)

אוֹי לִי שֶׁרְאִיתִיךָ בְּכָךְ

Definition (Hebrew)

צַר לִי מְאוֹד שֶׁרָאִיתִי אוֹתְךָ שָׁרוּי בְּמַצָּב קָשֶׁה כָּל כָּךְ. אֲנִי כּוֹאֵב אֶת כְּאֵבְךָ.

("אָמְרוּ עָלָיו עַל רחב"ת שֶׁהָיָה נָעִים בִּפְנֵי הקב"ה, וְאָדָם ומעולם לֹא עָלְתָה קללת חֲבֵרוֹ עַל שְׂפָתוֹ. וכשצוה הַקֵּיסָר ברומי שֶׁלֹּא לִלְמֹד תּוֹרָה מָה עֲשֵׂה רחב"ת, עָמַד וְהִקְהִיל קהלות בָּרַבִּים וְיָשַׁב לוֹ בְּשׁוּקֵי שֶׁל רוֹמִי, וְהָיָה לוֹמֵד ועוסק וְדוֹרֵשׁ בְּתוֹרָה. וצוה הַקֵּיסָר לכרכו בַּסֵּפֶר תּוֹרָה ולשרפו. נְטָלוֹ הקוסטינר וְכָרְכוּ בס"ת והצית אֶת הָאוֹר, וְנָטַל ספוגין שֶׁל צֶמֶר ושראן בַּמַּיִם, וְנָתָן עַל לִבּוֹ כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא תֵּצֵא נשמתו בִּמְהֵרָה. וְהָיְתָה בִּתּוֹ עוֹמֶדֶת וְאוֹמֶרֶת אוֹי לִי אַבָּא שראיתיך בְּכָךְ, וְהוּא הֵשִׁיב וְאָמַר לָהּ, טוֹב לִי בִּתִּי שראיתיני בְּכָךְ" - שַׁבָּת לג ע"ב)

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