There is judgment and there is a judge (יֵשׁ דִּין וְיֵשׁ דַּיָּן)

There is judgment and there is a judge

There is law and there is a judge. There is justice, and there is a judge who will give it force. Figuratively: the world is not lawless; there is social order.

("And he said to Cain: There is judgment and there is a judge, and there is another world, and there is a good reward for the righteous" (translation: Abel answered and said, "There is judgment and there is a judge, and there is another world, and there is a good reward for the righteous") — Targum Jonathan, Genesis 4:8; and likewise: "Our father Abraham, peace be upon him, revealed the world of love; our father Isaac showed the people of the world that there is judgment and there is a judge" (Zohar I, 72a); and "our father Jacob, to be the choicest of the patriarchs" — Or HaMeir, Vayikra for Passover; and likewise: "He received his punishment from one of the thugs by a raised fist, so that he would know that there is judgment and there is a judge for the little ones in the city of Columbus" — Shalom Aleichem / We request a firm hand, raet)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יֵשׁ דִּין וְיֵשׁ דַּיָּן

Definition (Hebrew)

יֵשׁ חֹוק וְיֵשׁ שׁוֹפֵט. יֵשׁ מִשְׁפָּט וְיֵשׁ שׁוֹפֵט שֶׁיִּתֵּן תֹּוקֶף לַמִּשְׁפָּט. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הָעוֹלָם אֵינוֹ הֶפְקֵר. יֵשׁ סֵדֶר חֶבְרָתִי.

("וְאָמַר לְקַיִן אִית דִין וְאִית דַיָין וְאִית עָלָם אָחְרָן וְאִית לְמִתַּן אֲגַר טַב לְצַדִיקַיָא (תַּרְגּוּם: עָנָה הֶבֶל וְאָמַר יֵשׁ דִּין וְיֵשׁ דַּיָּן וְיֵשׁ עוֹלָם אַחֵר וְיֵשׁ מַתַּת שָׂכָר טוֹב לַצַּדִּיקִים)- תַּרְגּוּם יוֹנָתָן בְּרֵאשִׁית ד ח, וְכֵן:"אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ עָלָיו הַשָּׁלוֹם גִּלָּה עוֹלָם הָאַהֲבָה, יִצְחָק אָבִינוּ הֶרְאָה לְבָאֵי עוֹלָם שֶׁיֵּשׁ דִּין וְיֵשׁ דַּיָּן (זוה"ק ח"א עַב, א), וְיַעֲקֹב אָבִינוּ לִהְיוֹת בְּחִיר הָאָבוֹת"- אוֹר הַמֵּאִיר וַיִּקְרָא לְפֶסַח, וְכֵן:"וְקִבֵּל אֶת עָנְשׁוֹ מִדַּי אֶחָד הַבִּרְיוֹנִים בַּהֲרָמַת אֶגְרוֹף, לְמַעַן יֶדַע, כִּי יֵשׁ דִּין וְיֵשׁ דַּיָּן לִקְטַנִּים בִּמְדִינַת קוֹלוּמְבּוּס"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ אָנוּ מְבַקְּשִׁים מִשְׁלַח יָד, רעט)

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