A sigh breaks half of a person's body/ care is an enemy to life

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A sigh breaks half of a person's body/ care is an enemy to life

A sigh breaks half of a person's body/ care is an enemy to life

Sighs of despair uttered by a person from exhaustion, or that sap one's inner strength. A saying against despair.

("Rav said: A sigh breaks half of a person's body, as it is said (Ezekiel 21): 'And you, son of man, sigh with the breaking of the loins' – Berakhot 58b. Also: 'My heart is hollow within me and my soul is stirred, my emotions are stormy, and the sigh that breaks half of a person's body bursts from between the chambers of my heart' – Berdyczewski, Ktavim, II, 120. Also: 'Already at the beginning of the prayer... a sigh that breaks half of a person's body escaped his lips' – H. Beer, El Makom Sheharuach Holech, 386)

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Expression (Hebrew)

אֲנָחָה שׁוֹבֶרֶת חֲצִי גּוּפוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם

Definition (Hebrew)

אַנְחוֹת הַיֵּאוּשׁ שֶׁמַּשְׁמִיעַ הָאָדָם מְעַיְּפוֹת אוֹ מַתִּישׁוֹת אֶת כּוֹחוֹ הַנַּפְשִׁי. פִּתְגָּם נֶגֶד הַיֵּאוּשׁ.

("הָאמֶר רַב: אֲנָחָה שׁוֹבֶרֶת חֲצִי גּוּפוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (יְחֶזְקֵאל כ"א) וְאַתָּה בֶן אָדָם הֵאָנַח בְּשִׁבְרוֹן מָתְנַיִם"- בְּרָכוֹת נָח ע"ב, וְכֵן:"לִבִּי חָלָל בְּקִרְבִּי וְנַפְשִׁי הוֹמִיָּה,רִגְשׁוֹתַי סוֹעֲרִים, וְהָאֲנָחָה הַשּׁוֹבֶרֶת חֲצִי גּוּפוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם מִתְפָּרֶצֶת מִבֵּין בִּתְרֵי לְבָבִי"- בֶּרְדִּיצֶ'בְסְקִי/ כְּתָבִים, ב, 120, וְכֵן:"כְּבָר בְּרֵאשִׁית הַתְּפִלָּה...הִתְמַלְּטָה מִפִּיו אֲנָחָה שׁוֹבֶרֶת חֲצִי גּוּפוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם"- ח.בְּאֵר/ אֶל מָקוֹם שֶׁהָרוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ, 386)

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