Bar Mazal/ Lucky

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Bar Mazal/ Lucky

Bar Mazal/ Lucky

Son of fortune. A person possessing luck in his life. One who merited something good by chance.

(Rav Ashi said: And what is the difficulty? Perhaps this matter itself is 'bar mazaleh' (What is the question? Perhaps in this matter he is a son of fortune) - Bava Batra 12b, and also: They are the root of idolatry and its branches. And this, that the first falsehood is the decree of the stars... When they said 'Such-and-such star is his bad fortune and such-and-such star is his good fortune'... and they would say, 'This is the matter of such-and-such star and this is the matter of such-and-such fortune' - Commentary on the Mishnah by Maimonides, Tractate Avodah Zarah, chapter 4, and also: Indeed, this rich man was 'bar mazal' because the chief justice was his relative from his family and they had acquaintance and love from their youth - Arvei Nachal and Yikra Amor, Drush 3, and also: A unique 'bar mazal' who if he stood to look at the river, all the fish would die - Shalom Aleichem / Nachat Avot, volume 173, and also: The whole mountain is all ice and a man slips and falls. If he is a 'bar mazal', he falls before he labored and ascended the mountain - Agnon, Ir u'Mloah, 179)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בַּר מַזָּל

Definition (Hebrew)

בֶּן מַזָּל. אָדָם בַּעַל מַזָּל בְּחַיָּיו. מִי שֶׁזָּכָה בְּמַשֶּׁהוּ טוֹב בְּאַקְרַאי.

("אָמַר רַב אָשִׁי: וּמַאי קוּשְׁיָא? דִּלְמָא לְהָא מִלְּתָא בַּר מַזָּלֵהּ הוּא (מָה הַשְּׁאֵלָה? אוּלַי בְּדָבָר זֶה הוּא בַּר מַזָּל)"- בָּבָא בָּתְרָא יב ע"ב, וְכֵן:"וְהֵם שֹׁרֶשׁ עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה וַעֲנֵפָה. וְזֶה, שֶׁהַכָּזָב הָרִאשׁוֹן הוּא גְּזֵרַת הַכּוֹכָבִים...בְּאָמְרָם כּוֹכָב פְּלוֹנִי מַזָּלוֹ רַע וּפְלוֹנִי מַזָּלוֹ טוֹב...וְהָיוּ אוֹמְרִים, זֶה דְּבַר כּוֹכָב פְּלוֹנִי וְזֶה דְּבַר מַזָּל פְּלוֹנִי"- פֵּרוּשׁ הַמִּשְׁנָה לָרַמְבָּ"ם מַסֶּכֶת עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה פֶּרֶק ד, וְכֵן:"אָכֵן זֶה הֶעָשִׁיר הָיָה בַּר מַזָּל כִּי שַׂר רֹאשׁ הַמִּשְׁפָּט הָיָה קְרוֹבוֹ מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ וְהָיָה לָהֶם הֶכֵּרוּת וְאַהֲבָה מִנְּעוּרֵיהֶם"- עַרְבֵי נַחַל וַיִּקְרָא אָמוּר, דָּרוּשׁ ג, וְכֵן:"בַּר מַזָּל מְשֻׁנֶּה מֵאֵין כָּמוֹהוּ!שֶׁמָּא יַעֲמֹד זֶה לְהִסְתַּכֵּל בַּנָּהָר, וּמֵתוּ כָּל הַדָּגִים"-שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ נַחַת אָבוֹת, קעה, וְכֵן:"שֶׁכָּל הָהָר כֻּלּוֹ קֶרַח וְאָדָם מַחֲלִיק וְנוֹפֵל. אִם בַּר מַזָּל הוּא נוֹפֵל הוּא קֹדֶם שֶׁטָּרַח וְעָלָה לָהָר"- עַגְנוֹן/עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 179)

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