Miracle-worker

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Miracle-worker

Miracle-worker

A person of reputation; someone whose name has become well known. Or: one who became famous as a performer of miracles.

("But just as the residue from dregs, when you pour water into them, they absorb it—so is a good name; another interpretation: a good name is better than good oil; a good name rises, while good oil descends" – Midrash Tanchuma (Warsaw), Vayakhel §1; and likewise: "Since he had already been distant from his birthplace for sixteen years, there is doubt whether the fame of his name had taken root, if he was not so much a man of name, since the name by which he is now called is one of his two names" – Responsa Tzemach Tzedek (Lubavitch), Even HaEzer, Doubt for Whom §22; and likewise: "And behold, it became known to them that he had done to the priest what he had planned to do to him. And they said: a man of name has no death sentence, for one who comes to kill you—rise early to kill him" – Mordechai ben Yechezkel, Sefer HaMa’asiyot, Part Four, The Deed of a Man, 141)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בַּעַל שֵׁם

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם בַּעַל מוֹנִיטִין. אָדָם שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ הִתְפַּרְסֵם. אוֹ: מִי שֶׁהִתְפַּרְסֵם כְּעוֹשֵׂה נִסִּים.

("אֲבָל שְׁאַר מַשְּׁקִין אַתְּ נוֹתֵן לְתוֹכָן מַיִם וְהֵן בּוֹלְעִין, כָּךְ בַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב, דָּבָר אַחֵר, טוֹב שֵׁם מִשֶּׁמֶן טוֹב שֵׁם טוֹב עוֹלֶה וְשֶׁמֶן טוֹב יוֹרֵד"- מִדְרַשׁ תַּנְחוּמָא, פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵל סִימָן א, וְכֵן: "כֵּיוָן דְּכְּבָר הִרְחִיק מִמְּקוֹם לֵדָתוֹ זֶה ט"ז שָׁנָה יֵשׁ לְסַפֵּק דְּנִשְׁתַּקַּע שָׁם שְׁמוֹ אִם אֵינוֹ בַּעַל שֵׁם כָּל כָּךְ כֵּיוָן דְּהַשֶׁם שֶׁנִּקְרָא בּוֹ עַתָּה הוּא אֶחָד מִשְּׁנֵי שְׁמוֹתָיו"- שׁוּ"ת צֶמַח צֶדֶק (לוּבָּאוִיטְשׁ) אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר- סָפֵק לְמִי סִימָן כב, וְכֵן: "וְהִנֵּה נוֹדַע לָהֶם, כִּי עָשָׂה לְכַהֵן אֲשֶׁר זָמַם לַעֲשׂוֹת לוֹ. וַיֹּאמְרוּ, אֵין לְבַעַל הַשֵּׁם מִשְׁפַּט מָוֶת, כִּי הַבָּא לְהַרְגְּךָ הַשְׁכֵּם לְהָרְגוֹ"- מָרְדְּכַי בֶּן יְחֶזְקֵאל/ סֵפֶר הַמַּעֲשִׂיּוֹת חֵלֶק רְבִיעִי, מַעֲשֵׂה אָדָם, 141)

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