His Second Nature
A fixed habit of his; a secondary behavior characteristic of him.
("Because of the impure habits and strange practices they were accustomed to doing in Egypt, why should Your anger burn if they returned to doing them, since the habit had become a second nature in them and had brought them to this, and nothing new had arisen in them now" — Abarbanel, Exodus chapter 32; and similarly: "A person acts by nature, because through habit the matter becomes second nature, and this is fitting only for one who sets fixed times and rules for Torah and accustoms himself to come to the study hall at a known time until the matter becomes second nature" — Kli Yakar, Leviticus chapter 26)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
טֶבַע שֵׁנִי שֶׁלּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הֶרְגֵּל קָבוּעַ שֶׁלּוֹ. הִתְנַהֲגוּת מִשְׁנִית הָאָופְיָינִית לוֹ.
("מִתּוֹךְ הַגִּלּוּלִים וְהָעֲבוֹרוֹת הַזָּרוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ מֻרְגָּלִים לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּמִצְרַיִם לָמָּה יַחֲרֶה אַפְּךָ אִם חָזְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹתָם כִּי הַהֶרְגֵּל נַעֲשָׂה בָּהֶם טֶבַע שֵׁנִי וְהוּא הֱבִיאָם אֶל זֶה וְלֹא הָיָה דָּבָר שֶׁנִּתְחַדֵּשׁ בָּהֶם עַתָּה"- אַבַּרְבַּנְאֵל שְׁמוֹת פֶּרֶק לֵב, וְכֵן:"שֶׁהָאָדָם פּוֹעֵל בַּטֶּבַע כִּי מִצַּד הַהֶרְגֵּל נַעֲשֶׂה הַדָּבָר לְטֶבַע שֵׁנִי, וְלֹא יִצְדַּק זֶה כִּי אִם בְּקוֹבֵעַ חֻקִּים וְעִתִּים לַתּוֹרָה וְהוּא מַרְגִּיל עַצְמוֹ לָבוֹא לְבֵית הַמִּדְרָשׁ בְּעֵת יָדוּעַ עַד שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה הַדָּבָר לַטֶּבַע"- כְּלִי יָקָר וַיִּקְרָא פֶּרֶק כו)