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The blessing therefore carries the implication that the receiver should retain his full mental and physical faculties to the end of his life. [4] The saying is a fixture of Jewish humor, as in the story of a man who said to his noisy neighbor "May you live until 119" and then said to the wife "May you live until 120." When asked by the husband ...
In some English-speaking communities today, the greeting "[have] an easy and meaningful fast" is used. [4] Gemar Ḥatima Tova: גְּמַר חֲתִימָה טוֹבָה: May you be sealed for good [in the Book of Life] Hebrew pronunciation: [gmaʁ χati.ma to.va] Hebrew Used to wish someone well for and on Yom Kippur.
The general halachic opinion is that this only applies to the sacred Hebrew names of God, not to other euphemistic references; there is a dispute as to whether the word "God" in English or other languages may be erased or whether Jewish law and/or Jewish custom forbids doing so, directly or as a precautionary "fence" about the law.
According to the Hebrew Bible, in the encounter of the burning bush (Exodus 3:14), Moses asks what he is to say to the Israelites when they ask what gods have sent him to them, and YHWH replies, "I am who I am", adding, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I am has sent me to you. ' " [4] Despite this exchange, the Israelites are never written to have asked Moses for the name of God. [13]
Yimakh shemo (Hebrew: יִמַּח שְׁמוֹ, romanized: yīmmaḥ šəmō, lit. 'may his name be erased') is a Hebrew curse placed after the name of particular enemies of the Jewish people. [1] A variant is yimakh shemo v'zikhro (Hebrew: יִמַּח שְׁמוֹ וְזִכְרוֹ, romanized: yīmmaḥ šəmō vəzīḵrō, lit.
It also may appear as an introductory word, especially in sayings of Jesus. Unlike the initial amen in Hebrew, which refers back to something already said, it is used by Jesus to emphasize what he is about to say (ἀμὴν λέγω, "truly I say to you"), [23] a rhetorical device that has no parallel in contemporary Jewish practice. [24]
Berakhot (Hebrew: בְּרָכוֹת, romanized: Brakhot, lit."Blessings") is the first tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud.The tractate discusses the rules of prayers, particularly the Shema and the Amidah, and blessings for various circumstances.
Refuah shleima ('full healing') was defined as the renewal, rather than repair, of body and spirit. [49] Using a mix of Hebrew and English, a trend begun by Friedman in the 1970s, [50] the two chose to include the Jewish matriarchs as well as the patriarchs to "express the empowerment of those reciting and hearing the prayer". [51]