Street-corner loafer/ idler/ loafer/ corner-boy

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Street-corner loafer/ idler/ loafer/ corner-boy

Figuratively: a loafer. A person who does not work and spends his time idly (karnot means street corners).

("I thank You before You, Lord my God, that You have placed my portion among those who sit in the study hall and not among those who sit at street corners; for I rise early and they rise early, I rise early for words of Torah and they rise early for idle matters" - Berakhot 28b, and likewise: "And Ezra the scribe instituted that they should read thus at Minchah on every Sabbath, because of those who sit at street corners" - Maimonides / Book of Love, Laws of Prayer and the Priestly Blessing, Chapter Twelve, 1, 201, and likewise: "And he goes out to the market and tells the street-corner loafers miracles and wonders" - Shalom Aleichem / How They Drive Away Mice, 90, and likewise: "And in his town the street-corner loafers would speak about him because a deed that was signed... is not worth a prutah" - Agnon / These and Those, Ascents and Descents 126, and likewise: "The conversation was of 'so what,' mundane chatter of street-corner loafers" - H. Hazaz / Buried Ruins, 126)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יוֹשֵׁב קְרָנוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: בַּטְלָן. אָדָם שֶׁאֵינוֹ עוֹבֵד וּמְבַלֶּה אֶת זְמַנּוֹ לָרִיק (קְרָנוֹת מַשְׁמָע פִּינּוֹת רְחוֹב).

("מוֹדֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ ה' אֱלֹהַי ,שֶׁשַּׂמְתָּ חֶלְקִי מִיּוֹשְׁבֵי בֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ וְלֹא שַׂמְתָּ חֶלְקִי מִיּוֹשְׁבֵי קְרָנוֹת, שֶׁאֲנִי מַשְׁכִּים וְהֵם מִשְּׁכָמִים, אֲנִי מַשְׁכִּים לְדִבְרֵי תּוֹרָה וְהֵם מַשְׁכִּימִים לִדְבָרִים בְּטֵלִים"- בְּרָכוֹת כֹּחַ ע"ב, וְכֵן:"וְעֶזְרָא הַסּוֹפֵר תִּקֵּן שֶׁיִּהְיוּ קוֹרִין כֵּן בַּמִּנְחָה בְּכָל שַׁבָּת, מִשּׁוּם יוֹשְׁבֵי קְרָנוֹת"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ סֵפֶר אַהֲבָה, הִלְכוֹת תְּפִלָּה וּבִרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים, פֶּרֶק שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר, א, 201, וְכֵן:"וְהוּא יוֹצֵא לַשּׁוּק וּמְסַפֵּר לְיוֹשְׁבֵי קַרְנוֹת נִסִּים וְנִפְלָאוֹת"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ כֵּיצַד מַבְרִיחִים עַכְבָּרִים, צ, וְכֵן:"וּבְעִירוֹ יָשִׂיחוּ בּוֹ יוֹשְׁבֵי קְרָנוֹת כִּי שְׁטָר שֶׁנֶּחְתַּם...אֵינוֹ שָׁוֶה פְּרוּטָה"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, מַעֲלוֹת וּמוֹרָדוֹת 126, וְכֵן:"הַשִּׂיחָה הָיְתָה שֶׁל מָה בְּכָךְ, שִׂיחַת חֻלִּין שֶׁל יוֹשְׁבֵי קְרָנוֹת"- ח.הָזָז/ שְׁלוּלִית גְּנוּזָה, 126)

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