יוֹם אֵידוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

His Day of Calamity

הגדרה (אנגלית)

In literary style: his day of misfortune. A time when he is in great trouble. Figuratively: a term for the holidays of the Gentiles.

("May they encounter me in my day of calamity, and the Lord will be a support to me" - 2 Samuel 22:19, and likewise: "Samuel said: In the Diaspora, only their feast day is forbidden" - Avodah Zarah 1a, and likewise: "For You have found me in my shame, and You will see me on the day of my calamity" - H.N. Bialik / In the City of Slaughter, and likewise: "Then my day of calamity came, for suddenly there rose attackers and tormenters" - Abraham Mapu / Bird of Prey, 19, and likewise: "And not in the form of a stone, but in another form made of ice, which the Christians make on their feast days on the river" - S.Y. Agnon / The Mistress and the Peddler)