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Bookmark or Share- What does Dovid Melech Yisrael Chai Vkayam mean?In contrast, a popular refrain declared by the Jewish Nation for many generations, as a source of inspiration through many trying times, states, "Dovid Melech Yisrael Chai V'Kayam, meaning, "David, king of Israel, is alive and enduring." (This phrase is not only found in popular songs, but is a liturgical part of many joyous occasions (such as ...
- What are the Halachic boundaries of Eretz Yisroel? - Mi YodeyaThere are two sets of boundaries that define "Israel" with respect to Halacha. Generally speaking, the Western border is well enough defined as the Mediterranean. (Though see the Gemara in Gittin Chapter 1, and Tosfos' commentary ...) The first set is the Biblical borders, as given in Numbers Chapter 34. The southern border is nahal mitzraim ...
- Your name shall be 'Yisrael', but what does it mean and why so?The only person in this period that has two names that are both used in Yaakov/Yisrael. Yaakov means the heal. Just like the yud represents the future - so too, in the future, Yaakov will be vindicated, and be shown to be the rightful heir to the berachos and right of the first born. In the future - the heal will be shown to be really the head.
- parshanut torah comment - Why was the first mitzvah given to B'nai ...Rabbi Yonah H. Geller z"l, stated in my hearing that "only a free nation has a calendar;" (since time belongs to HaShem we were chosen and given the mitzvah to sanctify time;) so the short answer is this is the first Mitzvah HaShem commanded to us (Bnai Yisrael) because it is our beginning of The Nation as a free people.
- Is there a full Siddur Nusach Eretz Yisrael? - Mi Yodeya1. Update on the siddur: The "Machon Shilo" Nusach Eretz Yisrael siddur isn't really from Machon Shilo. It was organized in great part by Rav Yehoshua Boch and the publication took place with the support of those involved with Machon Shilo. In terms of the machon and Rav David Bar Chaim, I would say it at best has their "support" but not full ...
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