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Asking God to help us return to the Torah way of life. Selicha סליחה Asking for God's forgiveness. Geula גאולה Asking for God to rescue the Jewish people from our travails. On fast days during the repetition of the Amida, Aneinu is said here. Refua רפואה Asking for good health. Birkat Hashanim ברכת השנים
The phrase "May you live until 120" (Hebrew: עד מאה ועשרים שנה : Ad me'ah ve-essrim shana; Yiddish: ביז הונדערט און צוואַנציק ; Biz hundert un tsvantsik), often written as "till 120", is a traditional Jewish blessing.
The three prayers date to Babylonia in the 10th or 11th century CE, [17] with the Mi Shebeirach —a Hebrew prayer—being a later addition to the other two, which are in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic. [18] It is derived from a prayer for rain, sharing a logic that as God has previously done a particular thing, so he will again. [19]
The pidyon haben (Hebrew: פדיון הבן) or redemption of the first-born son [1] is a mitzvah in Judaism whereby a Jewish firstborn son is "redeemed" with money. The redemption is attained by paying five silver coins to a kohen (a patrilineal descendant of the priestly family of Aaron ), on behalf of one's firstborn son.
God willing [ɪmˈjɪʁtsə.aʃɛm] Hebrew Used by religious Jews when speaking of the future and wanting God's help. B'ezrat HaShem: בְּעֶזְרָת הַשֵּׁם With God's help [beʔezˈʁat haˈʃem] Hebrew Used by religious Jews when speaking of the future and wanting God's help (similar to "God willing"). [1] Yishar koach (or ...
A nearby sign decorating the wall behind her displayed a Bible verse from the Book of Psalms: Your word is like a lamp that guides my steps, a light that shows the path I should take.
[18] The Talmud teaches that the word Amen is an acronym for אל מלך נאמן (’El melekh ne’eman, "God, trustworthy King.") [19] The word amen itself is etymologically related to the Hebrew word emunah (אמונה, "faith") asserting that one is affirming the fundamental beliefs of Judaism.
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