Happy are you, Israel; Happy are they, Israel

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Happy are you, Israel; Happy are they, Israel

Happy are you, Israel; Happy are they, Israel

How good it is for the Jewish people. Fortunate is the people of Israel who have merited the Torah and Jewish culture.

("Happy are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help" – Deuteronomy 33:29 (Moses' blessing to the people of Israel). Likewise: "Happy are they, Israel, when they engage in Torah and acts of kindness—their inclination is in their hands and they are not delivered into the hand of their inclination" – Avodah Zarah 5b. Also: "Happy is everyone who fears the Lord—these are the converts who fear the Lord, they are in my happiness, as it is said in Israel" – Midrash Bamidbar Rabbah 8. And: "And when a baby boy or girl from Israel sees their father honored in such a way, with a Torah scroll in his arm, they immediately jump towards him and grasp the Torah scroll... and sing sweetly: 'Happy are you, Israel'" – S. Y. Agnon, The Storyteller’s Legend, Ya.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַשְׁרֵיהֶם יִשְׂרָאֵל, אַשְׁרֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל

Definition (Hebrew)

כַּמָּה טוֹב לָעָם הַיְּהוּדִי. מְאֻשָּׁר הוּא עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁזָּכָה לְתוֹרָה וּלְתַרְבּוּת הַיְּהוּדִית.

("אַשְׁרֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִי כָמוֹךָ עַם נוֹשַׁע בַּה' מָגֵן עֶזְרֶךָ"- דְּבָרִים לג כט ( בִּרְכַּת מֹשֶׁה לָעָם יִשְׂרָאֵל), וְכֵן:"אַשְׁרֵיהֶם יִשְׂרָאֵל, בַּזְּמַן שֶׁעוֹסְקִין בַּתּוֹרָה וּבִגְמִילוּת חֲסָדִים- יִצְרָם מָסוּר בְּיָדָם וְאֵין הֵם מְסוּרִים בְּיַד יִצְרָם"-עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה ה ע"ב, וְכֵן:"אַשְׁרֵי כָּל יָרֵא ה'- אֵלּוּ הַגֵּרִים שֶׁהֵם יִרְאֵי ה', שֶׁהֵם בָּאשְׁרִי, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל"- מִדְרַשׁ בַּמִּדְבָּר רַבָּה ח, וְכֵן:"וּכְשֶׁתִּינוֹק אוֹ תִּינֹקֶת מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל רוֹאִים אֶת אַבָּא בְּכָבוֹד שֶׁכְּזֶה שֶׁסֵּפֶר תּוֹרָה בִּזְרוֹעוֹ מִיָּד הֵם קוֹפְצִים כְּנֶגְדּוֹ וְאוֹחֲזִים בַּסֵּפֶר הַתּוֹרָה...וְקוֹרְאִים בִּנְעִימָה אַשְׁרֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל"- ש"י עגנון/ אגדת הַסּוֹפֵר, יא)

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