With Trembling and Shaking

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With Trembling and Shaking

With Trembling and Shaking

By analogy: with great fear and awe (רָתַת means trembling or quaking. זִיעַ means shaking or trembling).

("And when the Holy One, blessed be He, saw the intention of Israel who seek to receive the Torah with love and affection, yet with awe and fear, with trembling and shaking, He opened and said, 'I am the LORD your God'" - Pesikta Rabbati (Ish Shalom) Section 21, The Ten Commandments; and similarly: "At the beginning of his prophecy he heard a voice speaking to him with nothing but trembling and shaking and without seeing an image before his eyes, but in no place was this in full waking" - Sefer HaIkkarim, Ma'amar 3, Chapter 10; and also: "And he stands trembling and shaking, holding the wing of Benjamin with both hands, so that he does not fall from the bridge" - Mendel Moas / Masaot Binyamin, third section 9, 65; and also: "And when he opens his mouth, all close their eyes at every word out of fear, trembling and shaking" - Agnon / Yesterday, the Day Before, 319)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּרֶתֶת וְזִיעַ

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: בְּפַחַד וְיִרְאָה גְּדוֹלִים (רָתַת מַשְׁמָע רֶטֶט אוֹ זַעֲזוּעַ. זִיעַ מַשְׁמָע רָעֲדָה).

("וְכֵיוָן שֶׁרָאָה הקב"ה דַּעְתָּם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁמְּבַקְּשִׁים לְקַבֵּל אֶת הַתּוֹרָה בְּאַהֲבָה וְחִבָּה בְּאֵימָה וְיִרְאָה בְּרֶתֶת וְזִיעַ פָּתַח וְאָמַר אָנֹכִי ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ"- פְּסִיקְתָּא רַבָּתִי (אִישׁ שָׁלוֹם) פִּיסְקָא כא, י' הַדִּבְּרוֹת, וְכֵן: "כִּי בִּתְחִלַּת נְבוּאָתוֹ שָׁמַע קוֹל מְדַבֵּר אֵלָיו בְּזוּלַת רָתַת וְזִיעַ וּבְלִי רְאִיַּת תְּמוּנָה לְנֶגֶד עֵינָיו, אֲבָל מִכָּל מָקוֹם לֹא הָיָה זֶה בְּהָקִיץ מַמָּשׁ"- סֵפֶר הָעִקָּרִים מַאֲמָר ג פֶּרֶק י, וְכֵן:"וְהוּא עוֹמֵד בְּרֶטֶט וְזִיעַ וּמַחֲזִיק בִּכְנַף בִּנְיָמִין בִּשְׁנֵי יָדָיו, כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִפֹּל מֵעַל הַגֶּשֶׁר"- מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי ט, סה, וְכֵן:"וּכְשֶׁהוּא פּוֹתֵחַ אֶת פִּיו הַכֹּל מְצַמְצְמִים עַצְמָם עַל כָּל דִּבּוּר בְּיִרְאָה בְּרֶתֶת וּבְזִיעַ"- עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 319)

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