It's a famous line"May God bless you and keep you."
the priests all said it.
"May the face of God
shine on you and be gracious
unto you and yours."
"May God's face lift up
to you and may you always
find completeness -- peace."
The Priestly Blessing is the centerpiece of this week's Torah portion, Naso.
The Hebrew root of the word "shalom," which means peace, is "shalem" -- which means wholeness or completeness. Only when we have completeness...in ourselves, in the world...can we truly find peace.
May you find blessings, completeness, and peace on this Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom!
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8 comments:
Nice post; thank you for the blessing.
Your haikus are always so amazing! Great job. AGAIN!
A wonderful explanation and great way to start off Shabbat as a way to being whole.
And the priestly greeting is the origin of Dr. Spock from Star Trek(aka Leonard Nimoy)'s Vulcan Salute.
Shabbat Shalom.
Great blessing--those are the words to one of my favorite hymns--didn't know the origin!
thanks for the explanation of "shalom" i've always thought it was just a generic greeting. i should have know there was much more to it!
I didn't know the origin - nicely done, as always!
one of my favorites...
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