יֵשׁ פָּנִים לְכָאן וּלְכָאן

ביטוי (אנגלית)

There are arguments on both sides

הגדרה (אנגלית)

There are considerations on both sides. The matter has a range of considerations. Or: the issue can be interpreted in several ways.

("and the showbread" (Exodus 25:30), Rashi: 'showbread — I have already explained: because it had faces on this side and that side, for it was made like an open box' — Rashi on Exodus 25:30; and also: 'Tuvia Maac, hanging and standing on nothingness, seems to have faces this way and that, turns over in his speech and does not know where he himself stands' — Mendele Mocher Sforim / Mas'ot Binyamin HaShlishi, 7, 55; and also: 'Why do you see the aspaklarya with two faces — a face this way and a face that way?' — Shalom Aleichem / Asafim Mammon, Shachach; and also: 'Who knows? Perhaps yes and perhaps no. There are arguments both ways. Perhaps one does not judge the future from the past' — Bialik / Shirateinu HaTze'irah; and also: 'To every old man there are arguments both ways' — Yoel Sher / Shama'ti Ra'iti Katavti)