tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556022894010597695.post883773025100630740..comments2023-05-16T07:25:05.645-04:00Comments on Sefer Ha-Bloggadah: Lech Lecha: You Will Be A BlessingBZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556022894010597695.post-2146586400669717242007-11-06T08:35:00.000-05:002007-11-06T08:35:00.000-05:00Thanks for the compliments, here's the annotated v...Thanks for the compliments, here's the annotated version... :)<BR/><BR/>Zocher Habrit = He Who remembers the covenant (from rosh hashana prayers)<BR/> <BR/>Et briti heferu. = They have broken my covenant (tanach quote)<BR/><BR/>Dayan Emet = The True Judge (upon hearing of a death)<BR/><BR/>Vechai bahem. = You shall live by [these laws] (torah quote)<BR/><BR/>Borei Minei Besamim = Creator of types of spices (upon smelling good things)<BR/><BR/>Ketoret to'eva hi li. = Your incense is abominable to me (prophets quote)<BR/><BR/>Hatov Vehametiv = Who is Good and Who does Good (part of birkat hamazon)<BR/><BR/>Oseh shalom uvorei ra, ani adonai oseh kol eleh. = I make peace and create evil, I God do all these things (prophets quote)<BR/><BR/>Shehakol Nihiyeh Bidvaro = For everything was created by His words (blessing before many foods) (note to rebecca m: says god does everything)<BR/><BR/>Hachayim vehamavet natati lefanecha... ubacharta bachayim. = I have put before you life and death.... choose life (torah quote) (note to rebecca m: says god doesn't do everything, we have important choices)<BR/><BR/>Mekadesh Yisrael = Who sanctifies the Jewish people (from holiday kiddush and amida) <BR/><BR/>Baruch ami mitsrayim, uma'aseh yadai ashur. = Blessed is my people Egypt, and Assyria my handiwork (prophets quote)<BR/><BR/>Shekocho Ugevurato Malei Olam = Whose power and strength fill the world (blessing upon hearing thunder)<BR/><BR/>Chanun Hamarbeh Lisloach = The gracious one who forgives exceedingly (from the amida)<BR/><BR/>Verichamti et asher arachem. = I will have compassion only on those for whom I choose to have compassion (tanach quote)<BR/><BR/>Al Hatevila = Upon the Dunking (blessed for going to the mikvah after menstruation)<BR/><BR/>Banim gidalti veromamti, vehem pash'u bi. = I have raised and raised up children, but they hurt me (prophets quote)<BR/><BR/>Meshaneh Habriyot = Who Makes Varied Creations (blessing said upon encountering a person or creature of spectacular appearance, whether pleasant or discomforting)<BR/><BR/>Ma rabu ma'asecha adonai, kulam bechochmah asita, mal'ah ha'arets kinyanecha = How have your works grown, God, which you made all in wisdom, the Earth is filled with your creations (psalms quote)<BR/><BR/>Shover Oyevim uMachnia Zedim = Breaker of enemies and vanquisher of sinner (from the amida)chillul Who?https://www.blogger.com/profile/05642273904688439053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556022894010597695.post-43846759088649899732007-11-05T16:05:00.000-05:002007-11-05T16:05:00.000-05:00Sorry guys I didn't get the notice that you'd comm...Sorry guys I didn't get the notice that you'd commented... I'll post a translation of the blessings and responses and notes about why I picked them soon.chillul Who?https://www.blogger.com/profile/05642273904688439053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556022894010597695.post-58860175647658335122007-10-31T20:34:00.000-04:002007-10-31T20:34:00.000-04:00that was amazing! that's what I get for not keepin...that was amazing! that's what I get for not keeping up with this project.<BR/><BR/>I didn't get the Shehakol one, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556022894010597695.post-9830283558141116812007-10-31T13:19:00.000-04:002007-10-31T13:19:00.000-04:00hey--just wandered onto this blog and LOVE it. bu...hey--just wandered onto this blog and LOVE it. but, as a poor little selfeducated yid with shaky hebrew, can you give us a translation? a simple gloss will do. i know, it's better in hebrew, but, please!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12847840548004243538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556022894010597695.post-60956953528277430042007-10-22T14:50:00.000-04:002007-10-22T14:50:00.000-04:00Thanks! and yeah, that was the kind of feeling I w...Thanks! and yeah, that was the kind of feeling I was going for :)chillul Who?https://www.blogger.com/profile/05642273904688439053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556022894010597695.post-30318021793245534322007-10-18T12:55:00.000-04:002007-10-18T12:55:00.000-04:00This is lovely! I almost expected God to answer, ...This is lovely! I almost expected God to answer, "Silence! Thus it has arisen in my thought!" as in the story about Rabbi Akiva in Menachot 29b.JonahSteinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999294140081100082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556022894010597695.post-86201556656771647692007-10-17T11:42:00.000-04:002007-10-17T11:42:00.000-04:00Apologies for the transliteration and lack of tran...Apologies for the transliteration and lack of translations. This agada will be a bit of a puzzle I guess, but I couldn't think of a way to make it work in Englishchillul Who?https://www.blogger.com/profile/05642273904688439053noreply@blogger.com