הַפֶּה שֶׁאָסַר הוּא הַפֶּה שֶׁהִתִּיר

ביטוי (אנגלית)

The mouth that forbids is the mouth that permits / who imposes a restriction may remove it

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Question: Only the authority that forbids a certain thing has the authority to permit that thing.

("The woman who said, 'I was a man's wife and divorced,' I believe, that the mouth that forbade is the mouth that permitted. And if there are witnesses who were a man's wife and she says, 'I am divorced,' she is not believed. She said, 'I was betrothed and pure,' I believe, that the mouth that forbade is the mouth that permitted" - it is written in 2:5, and so: "Who will delay a nose until the 'shat' "For the years of his choosing, later they will erase his error. The mouth that forbade is the mouth that permitted" - Bialik/Culture and Politics)