הוֹסַפְתָּ מַיִם- הוֹסֵף קֶמַח

ביטוי (אנגלית)

You added water – add flour

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Figuratively: If a person has caused damage, he should strive and repair what he has done.

("As it is said (in the beginning of Moses) Ephraim and Manasseh shall be to me as Reuben and Simeon, and she shall be to him a helper, she who adds flour, she who adds water" - Midrash Tanchuma (Buber) Parashah See Simeon 12, and so: "And she shall be beautiful, she who adds water, she who adds flour, so it is from the Lord that without my apothecary the praise will not be raised from them as much as it is from him. "From the recipient of a gift" - Shu't Avnei Nezer, Helek Hoshen, Judge Simeon Kapaz)