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  2. Jewish greetings - Wikipedia

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    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 ShKoiAch) [8] יְישַׁר כֹּחַ ‎ You should have increased strength [jiˈʃaʁ ˈko.aχ] Hebrew Meaning "good for you", "way to go", or "more power to you".

  3. I Am that I Am - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Names of God in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Prayer in the Hebrew Bible - Wikipedia

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    The first notable prayer [citation needed] whose text is recorded in the Torah and Hebrew Bible occurs when Abraham pleads with God not to destroy the people of Sodom, where his nephew Lot lives. [7] He bargains with God not to destroy the city if there are fifty good men within, and eventually lowers the total to ten.

  6. List of Jewish prayers and blessings - Wikipedia

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    Asking God to bring the Jews back from the Exile into Israel. Mishpat משפט ‎ Asking God to judge us justly and to restore the judges to Israel. Minim מינים ‎ Asking to destroy the heretical sects and informers. This blessing was a later addition to the Amida, and is the 19 blessing. Tzadikim צדיקים ‎

  7. El Shaddai - Wikipedia

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    According to Ernst Knauf, "El Shaddai" means "God of the Wilderness" and originally would not have had a doubled "d". He argues that it is a loanword from Israelian Hebrew, where the word had a "sh" sound, into Judean Hebrew and hence, Biblical Hebrew, where it would have been śaday with the sound śin.

  8. Covenant (biblical) - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew Bible makes reference to a number of covenants (Hebrew: בְּרִיתוֹת) with God ().These include the Noahic Covenant set out in Genesis 9, which is decreed between God and all living creatures, as well as a number of more specific covenants with Abraham, the whole Israelite people, the Israelite priesthood, and the Davidic lineage of kings.

  9. Modeh Ani - Wikipedia

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    This prayer serves the purpose of expressing gratitude to God for restoring one's soul each morning. The specific prayer Modeh Ani , however, is not mentioned in the Talmud or Shulchan Aruch , and first appears in the work Seder haYom by the 16th century rabbi Moshe ben Machir .