הִקְבִּיל אֶת פָּנָיו, קִבֵּל אֶת פָּנָיו (הַקְבָּלַת פָּנִים)

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To welcome (greet) someone/ (reception)

הגדרה (אנגלית)

To go out to meet him. To face someone who has arrived with the greeting 'Baruch Haba' (Blessed is he who comes).

("Rabban said: He who goes to receive alms before his father or before his master, or before someone greater than him - goes up to his neck in water, and he does not tremble" - Yoma Oz, 2nd, and also: "On that day, when it became known to friends and acquaintances about the return of the Najar family ... many rabbis came to receive alms before them" - Y. Burla/ Kisufim, 102, And so: "When Balat was gathered to the garden, he stood on the side of the hid and received her face" - Y. Burla / Silvers, 119, and so: "Immediately the rabbi got down from the chariot and mingled with those who came to receive his face" - Agnon / Elo va Elo, Hindah, 10, and so: "They received his face and made a place for him and he sat down. This is what they said to him: Clowning, this is a joke in him and this is what is expected of him" - H. Hazaz/ Shlulit Genuza, 125)