To feast one's eyes on

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To feast one's eyes on

To feast one's eyes on

By metaphor: to look intently. To concentrate one’s gaze. To see in a broad and satisfying manner (the term זָן conveys the meaning of providing nourishment).

("We have determined that anyone who sees a shameful thing and is not of the kind that his eyes desire is worthy of receiving before the Shechinah" - and Rava (Vilna) read Parashah Ach'ar Mo't Parashah 23, and thus: "Even when he is standing before a great pit full of the dust of the earth...they will not allow him to feed his eyes with its abundance" - Shalom Aleichem/ Flavors of Milk, Flour, And so: "I returned and became successful among my friends. First, because it would be a pleasure to look at Israel. And second, because I wanted to feed my eyes with the icons of good human beings" - Agnon/ Orech Natah Lalon, 207)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

זָן אֶת עֵינָיו, הֵזִין אֶת עֵינָיו

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִסְתַּכֵּל בְּעִיּוּן רַב. הִתְרַכֵּז בְּמַבָּטוֹ. רָאָה בְּצוּרָה רְחָבָה וּמְסַפֶּקֶת (זַן מַשְׁמָע נָתַן מָזוֹן).

("מָצִינוּ שֶׁכָּל מִי שֶׁרוֹאֶה דְּבַר עֶרְוָה וְאֵינוֹ זָן עֵינָיו מִמֶּנָּה זוֹכֶה לְהַקְבִּיל פְּנֵי הַשְּׁכִינָה"- וַיִּקְרָא רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת פָּרָשָׁה כג, וְכֵן:"אֲפִלּוּ כְּשֶׁהוּא מַעֲמִיד קְעָרָה גְּדוֹלָה מְלֵאָה תַּפּוּחֵי אֲדָמָה...לֹא יִתְּנוּהוּ לָזוּן אֶת עֵינָיו בָּהּ הַרְבֵּה"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ מַטְעַמִּים שֶׁל חָלָב, פַּח, וְכֵן:"חָזַרְתִּי וְנִסְתַּכַּלְתִּי בִּבְנֵי חֲבוּרָתִי. רֵאשִׁית, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁתַּעֲנוּג הוּא לְהַבִּיט בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל. וְשֵׁנִית, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁרָצִיתִי לָזוּן עֵינַי מִזִּיו אִיקוֹנִין שֶׁל בְּנֵי אָדָם טוֹבִים"- עַגְנוֹן/ אוֹרֵחַ נָטָה לָלוּן, 207)

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