יֵשׁ דִּין וְיֵשׁ דַּיָּן

ביטוי (אנגלית)

There is judgment and there is a judge

הגדרה (אנגלית)

There is law and there is a judge. There is justice, and there is a judge who will give it force. Figuratively: the world is not lawless; there is social order.

("And he said to Cain: There is judgment and there is a judge, and there is another world, and there is a good reward for the righteous" (translation: Abel answered and said, "There is judgment and there is a judge, and there is another world, and there is a good reward for the righteous") — Targum Jonathan, Genesis 4:8; and likewise: "Our father Abraham, peace be upon him, revealed the world of love; our father Isaac showed the people of the world that there is judgment and there is a judge" (Zohar I, 72a); and "our father Jacob, to be the choicest of the patriarchs" — Or HaMeir, Vayikra for Passover; and likewise: "He received his punishment from one of the thugs by a raised fist, so that he would know that there is judgment and there is a judge for the little ones in the city of Columbus" — Shalom Aleichem / We request a firm hand, raet)