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hallelujah!

I want to make sure that each one of you, the readers of the blessings on the Hebrew Word of the Day, realizes that the call to prefer saying special blessings in Hebrew is not coming from a conceited heart. Without a doubt, the Lord harkens to any prayer or blessing...

Blessed is the Lord every day

This expression is actually made up of two separate sayings. We introduced Ba•ruch Ha•shem as the Hebrew Word of the Day a few months ago, but only went halfway. Today, we want to give the full, extended blessing, which is perhaps the most significant blessing that...

all the best

Today we have a very useful expression that is also a common blessing: kol tuv. Every person in Israel uses it daily, and yet it is mentioned in the Bible a few times with the exact words, but as a statement, and not as a blessing like today. You can mix English and...

suffering, pain, hardship

The word se•vel describes physical, spiritual, mental, emotional or psychological pain and agony one may feel. Se•vel (suffering) appears as a core word only once in the Bible, and there it has a surprising meaning: ‘labor.’ “And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of...

patience

The dictionary definitions of patience are quite similar, both in Hebrew and English: ability to wait quietly or face rejection or delay; ability to bear calmly and with self-control frustrating and upsetting situations. But the Hebrew word suggests the primal feeling...