Decree from Heaven

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Decree from Heaven

Decree from Heaven

A decision of Divine Providence. A decree of fate. The will of God.

("If so, why is it said, 'And the LORD rained upon Sodom and...' from the heavens (Genesis 19:24), said the Holy One, blessed be He, a decree from heaven, and downward it is made into fire" - Midrash Tehillim (Buber) Psalm 110, and likewise: "Is it not a decree from heaven, the name is lesson, the name is given, is it not so written in our holy books" - Shalom Aleichem / HaKedra, 183, and also: "Many years after birth and when she gave birth, three times the births died in their infancy. This is a decree from heaven" - Y. Burla / Kisufim, 115, and also: "Perhaps the end is finally decreed from heaven / For a mother's merit will protect his gates / That he returns day by day at noon / From the office and not from the battlefield" - Leah Goldberg / Night and Later Days, 9)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גְּזֵרָה מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם

Definition (Hebrew)

הַחְלָטָה שֶׁל הַהַשְׁגָּחָה הָעֶלְיוֹנָה. גְּזֵרַת הַגּוֹרָל. רָצוֹן הָאֵל.

("אִם כֵן לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר וָהּ' הִמְטִיר עַל סְדוֹם וְגוֹ' מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם (בְּרֵאשִׁית יט כַּד), אָמַר הקב"ה גְּזֵרָה מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּלְמַטָּה הֵן נְעַשֵּׁן אֵשׁ"- מִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּים (בּוּבֶּר) מִזְמוֹר קֶמֶט, וְכֵן:"הֲלֹא גְּזֵרָה הִיא מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם, הַשֵּׁם לֶקַח, הַשֵּׁם נָתָן, הֲלֹא כָּךְ תּוּב בִּסְפָרֵינוּ הַקְּדוֹשִׁים"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ הַקְּדֵרָה, קכד, וְכֵן:"כַּמָּה שָׁנִים אִחֲרָה לָלֶדֶת וּכְשֶׁיָּלְדָה, שָׁלוֹשׁ פְּעָמִים מֵתוּ הַוְּלָדוֹת בְּיַלְדוּתָם.גְּזֵרַת שָׁמַיִם זוֹ"- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 115, וְכֵן:"אוּלַי נִגְזַר סוֹף סוֹף מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם/ כִּי זְכוּת אִמּוֹ תָּגֵן עַל שְׁעָרָיו/ שֶׁהוּא יָשׁוּב יוֹם יוֹם בַּצָּהֳרַיִם/ מִן הַמִּשְׂרָד וְלֹא מִשָּׂדֶה הַקְּרָב"- לֵאָה גּוֹלְדְּבֵּרְג/ לַיְלָה וְיָמִים אַחֲרוֹנִים, ט)

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