הִפֵּךְ בַּחֲרָרָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ שֶׁלּוֹ
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִתְעַסֵּק בְּעִנְיָן שֶׁאֵינוֹ שֶׁלּוֹ. אוֹ: קִפֵּחַ פַּרְנָסָה שֶׁל אָדָם אַחֵר (מִלּוּלִית: הָפַךְ אוֹ לָשׁ פִּתָּה שֶׁאֵינָהּ שֶׁלּוֹ. חֲרֵרָה מַשְׁמָע מַאֲפֶה דְּמוּי פִּתָּה הַנֶּאֱפֶה עַל גֶּחָלִים).
("עָנִי מְהַפֵּךְ בַּחֲרָרָה וּבָא אַחֵר וּנְטָלָהּ מִמֶּנּוּ...נִקְרָא רָשָׁע"- קִדּוּשִׁין נט ע"א, וְכֵן:"אֵין דַּרְכּוֹ שֶׁל אִישׁ יָשָׁר לְהֶפֶךְ בַּחֲרֵרָה שֶׁל חֲבֵרוֹ"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ חַיֵּי אָדָם, וְכֵן:"וְהָאַבְרֵךְ תּוֹבֵעַ אֶת רַב הָעִיר לְדִין, מִדִּין עָנִי הַמַּהְפָּךְ בַּחֲרָרָה וּבָא אַחֵר וּנְטָלָהּ, וּמִדִּין עָנִי הַמְנַקֵּף בְּרֹאשׁ הַזַּיִת"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, מַעֲלוֹת וּמוֹרָדוֹת יג, 130)
תרגום
ביטוי (אנגלית)
To encroach upon/ to poke one's nose into other people's business/ to poach on someone else's preserves
הגדרה (אנגלית)
Figuratively: to engage in a matter that is not one's own. Or: to usurp someone else's livelihood (literally: to overturn or burn a baking tray that is not his. 'Charerah' means a baking tray resembling a pita bread baked on coals).
("A poor man who turns away from his neighbor's freedom and another comes and takes it from him... is called wicked" - Kiddushin 51a, and so: "It is not in the way of a righteous man to turn away from his neighbor's freedom" - Shalom aleichem/Hayyeh Adam, and so: "And the blessed one shall bring a lawsuit against the ruler of the city for judgment, from the judgment of the poor man who turns away from his freedom and another comes and takes it, and from the judgment of the poor man who strikes "At the head of the olive tree" - Agnon/ These and Those, Ups and Downs 13, 130)