There are arguments on both sides (יֵשׁ פָּנִים לְכָאן וּלְכָאן)

There are arguments on both sides

There are considerations on both sides. The matter has a range of considerations. Or: the issue can be interpreted in several ways.

("and the showbread" (Exodus 25:30), Rashi: 'showbread — I have already explained: because it had faces on this side and that side, for it was made like an open box' — Rashi on Exodus 25:30; and also: 'Tuvia Maac, hanging and standing on nothingness, seems to have faces this way and that, turns over in his speech and does not know where he himself stands' — Mendele Mocher Sforim / Mas'ot Binyamin HaShlishi, 7, 55; and also: 'Why do you see the aspaklarya with two faces — a face this way and a face that way?' — Shalom Aleichem / Asafim Mammon, Shachach; and also: 'Who knows? Perhaps yes and perhaps no. There are arguments both ways. Perhaps one does not judge the future from the past' — Bialik / Shirateinu HaTze'irah; and also: 'To every old man there are arguments both ways' — Yoel Sher / Shama'ti Ra'iti Katavti)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יֵשׁ פָּנִים לְכָאן וּלְכָאן

Definition (Hebrew)

יֶשְׁנָם שִׁיקּוּלִים לִשְׁנֵי הַצְּדָדִים. יֶשְׁנָם מִכְלוֹל שִׁיקּוּלִים בַּנּוֹשֵׂא. אוֹ: אֶפְשָׁר לְפָרֵשׁ הָעִנְיָין בְּכַמָּה צוּרוֹת.

("וְאֶת לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים(שְׁמוֹת לָהּ יג),רָשִׁ"י: לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים- כְּבָר פֵּרַשְׁתִּי: עַל שֵׁם שֶׁהָיוּ לוֹ פָּנִים לְכָאן וּלְכָאן, שֶׁהָיָה עָשׂוּי כְּמִין תֵּבָה פְּרוּצָה"- רָשִׁ"י בִּשְׁמוֹת לָהּ יג, וְכֵן:"וְכֵן:"טוּבְיָה מָאק תָּלוּי וְעוֹמֵד עַל בְּלִימָה,מַרְאֶה פָּנִים לְכָאן וּלְכָאן, נֶהְפַּךְ בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ וְאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ בְּעַצְמוֹ הֵיכָן הוּא"- מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, ז,נה, וְכֵן:"וְכֵן:"לָמָּה תִּרְאֶה הָאַסְפַּקְלַרְיָה שְׁנֵי פָּנִים-פָּנִים לְכָאן וּפָנִים לְכָאן?"-שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ אָנוּ מְאַסְּפִים מָמוֹן, שָׁכַח, וְכֵן:"מִי יוֹדֵעַ? אֶפְשָׁר הֵן וְאֶפְשָׁר לָאו. יֵשׁ פָּנִים לְכָאן וּלְכָאן. אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁאֵין דָּנִים מִן הֶעָבָר עַל הֶעָתִיד"- בְּיָאלִיק/ שִׁירָתֵנוּ הַצְּעִירָה, וְכֵן:"לְכָל זָקֵן וְזָקֵן יֵשׁ פָּנִים לְכָאן וּלְכָאן"- יוֹאֵל שֵׁר/ שָׁמַעְתִּי רָאִיתִי כָּתַבְתִּי)

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