maalin bakodesh veen moridin
Definitions
sent. 'You can make more holiness but not less'; once something is made holy, it should not be profaned.
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Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
מעלין בקודש ואין מורידין
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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ma'alin bakodesh ve'en moridin
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