Amar Rabbi Akiva - Mordechai Ben David
Kulam Ahuvim
Amar Rabbi Akiva: Ashreichem Yisrael, ashreichem
Amar Rabbi Akiva: Ashreichem Yisrael, ashreichem
Lifnei mee atem meta'harin, atem meta'harin
Mee me'taher eschem
Avichem sh'baShamayim, Avichem sh'baShamayim
Avichem sh'baShamayim, sh'baShamayim
V'omer, v'omer, mikvah Yisrael Hashem
Ma mikvah m'taher es ha'tmei'im
Af Hakodosh Boruch Hu
Mi'taher es Yisrael
English translation:
ReplyDeleteSaid Rabbi Akiva: Fortunate are you Yisrael
Before Whom do you purify yourself? And who purifies you?
Your Father in Heaven
And it says: The mikvah of Yisrael is Hashem
Just as a mikvah purifies the impure, so does The Holy One, Blessed Be He, cleanse Yisrael
i think theres a Gemarah on that:
ReplyDeletewhy not 'just like Hashem is metaher
Yisroel, so too, Mikveh is metaher temayim'? rather, to teach that a person should do the Mitzvah, then Hashem helps.
something like that.
Its the last mishna of maseches yoma.
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