Expressions (A–Z)
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A House That Was Destroyed Because of Baseless Hatred
The reason for the destruction of the Second Temple was sinat chinam, baseless h...
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B
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Became Food for Fire
See: "Fire-eating."
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Because of a trifle (because of a nail, a thing of no value) the city of Beitar was destroyed / to spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
Figuratively: Because of gossip or hatred among brothers, a great disaster was c...
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Because of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza, Jerusalem was destroyed
Because of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza, Jerusalem was destroyed. By extension: because...
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Because of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza, Jerusalem was destroyed
See: “Because of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza, Jerusalem was destroyed.”
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Brought destruction upon...
to destroy or eliminate..., to bring about the death of...
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Confounded his counsel, to confound someone's thoughts/ to confound someone's plans (evil intentions)
He nullified someone’s evil plan. He disrupted the plot (bilaʿ meaning destroyed...
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Cry of despair/ cry of destruction
A cry resulting from deep pain and despair. An expression of pain following a di...
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D
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Descend to the pit of destruction
See: "pit of destruction".
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Destroy Every Good Portion
Caused the destruction of every good thing that existed before that (originally,...
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