Blessed is the eye that has seen

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Blessed is the eye that has seen

Blessed is the eye that has seen

Figuratively: Happy is the person who was privileged to witness this. An exclamation of joy at a beautiful and inspiring sight.

("Blessed is the eye that has seen all these things, for our souls have pined at the hearing of the ear" – Siddur of Rav Amram Gaon (Harfenes), Order of the Ma'amadot / Yom Kippur Prayer; and: "Blessed is the hour when the Messiah was created... blessed is the generation whose eyes see, blessed is the eye that merited to see him" – Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana VI; and: "Blessed is the eye that has seen Senderil, how he reviews his studies and trains himself in strategies of war" – Mendele Mokher Sefarim / The Third Journey of Benjamin, 12:90; and: "He is short, and she is tall... blessed is the eye that saw this lovely couple as they entered the wedding canopy..." – Shalom Aleichem / The Wedding Day of My Brother Eliyahu, Nov; and: "For behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy... blessed is the eye that has seen" – Y. Burla / Longings, 219)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַשְׁרֵי עַיִן רָאֲתָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: מְאֻשָּׁר הָאָדָם שֶׁזָּכָה לִרְאוֹת זֹאת. קְרִיאַת שִׂמְחָה לְמַרְאֶה יָפֶה וּמְעוֹרֵר הַשְׁרָאָה.

("אַשְׁרֵי עַיִן רָאֲתָה כָּל אֵלֶּה הֲלֹא לְמִשְׁמַע אֹזֶן דְּאָבָה נַפְשֵׁנוּ"- סֵדֶר רַב עַמְרָם גָּאוֹן (הרפנס) סֵדֶר מַעֲמָדוֹת/ תְּפִלַּת יוֹם כִּפּוּר, וְכֵן:"אַשְׁרֵי שָׁעָה שֶׁמָּשִׁיחַ נִבְרָא...אַשְׁרֵי הַדּוֹר שֶׁעֵינָיו רוֹאוֹת, אַשְׁרֵי הָעַיִן שֶׁזָּכְתָה לִרְאוֹתוֹ"- פְּסִיקְתָּא דְּרַב כַּהֲנָא ו , וְכֵן:"אַשְׁרֵי עַיִן רָאֲתָה אֶת סנדריל הֵיאַךְ הוּא חוֹזֵר עַל לִמּוּדוֹ וּמִתְחַנֵּךְ בֵּינוֹ לְבֵין עַצְמוֹ בְּתַכְסִיסִי מִלְחָמָה"- מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסָּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יב,צה, וְכֵן:"הוּא קוֹמָתוֹ קְטַנָּה, וְהִיא קוֹמָתָהּ גְּדוֹלָה...אַשְׁרֵי עַיִן רָאֲתָה אֶת הַזּוּג הַנֶּחְמָד הַזֶּה, כְּשֶׁנִּכְנַס לַחֻפָּה..."- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ יוֹם חֲתֻנָּתוֹ שֶׁל אָחִי אֵלִיָּהוּ, נֹב, וְכֵן:"כִּי הִנְנִי בּוֹרֵא אֶת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם גִּילֹה וְשָׂשׂוֹן...אַשְׁרֵי עַיִן רָאֲתָה"- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 219)

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