Intentionally / Purposefully / Deliberately

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Intentionally / Purposefully / Deliberately

Intentionally / Purposefully / Deliberately

Planned in advance; with thought preceding the action; with deliberation.

(“Towards Shabbat, let us go / for it is the source of blessing / prepared in advance / the end of the act with deliberate thought” – R. Shlomo Alkabetz, Lecha Dodi – Shabbat Eve Prayer, and likewise: “Every person, especially a wise student, must bless and illuminate in the study of his Torah at the root of the souls, that is, with deliberate thought, for there lies our root” – R. Nachman of Breslov, Likutey Moharan, Torah 14, 4)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה תְּחִלָּה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּתִכְנוּן מֵרֹאשׁ. בַּמַּחֲשָׁבָה שֶׁקָּדְמָה לַמַּעֲשֶׂה. בְּשִׁקּוּל דַּעַת.

("לִקְרַאת שַׁבָּת לְכוּ וְנֵלְכָה/ כִּי הִיא מְקוֹר הַבְּרָכָה/ מֵרֹאשׁ מִקֶּדֶם נְסוּכָה/ סוֹף מַעֲשֶׂה בְּמַחְשָׁבָה תְּחִלָּה"- ר' שְׁלֹמֹה אֶלְקַבֵּץ/ פִּיּוּט 'לְכָה דּוֹדִי'-תְּפִלַּת לֵיל שַׁבָּת, וְכֵן: "שֶׁצָּרִיךְ כָּל אָדָם ,וּבִפְרָט תַּלְמִיד חָכָם, לְבָרֵךְ וּלְהָאִיר בְּלִמּוּד תּוֹרָתוֹ בְּשֹׁרֶשׁ הַנְּשָׁמוֹת, הָיִינוּ בַּמַּחֲשָׁבָה תְּחִלָּה, כִּי שָׁם שָׁרְשֵׁנוּ"- ר' נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלָב/ לִקּוּטֵי מוהר"ן, תּוֹרָה יד, ד)

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