To move heaven and earth

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To move heaven and earth

To move heaven and earth

Caused a great uproar. Raised a loud cry. Figuratively: addressed many or important parties with complaints or demands. Caused many to hear about the matter.

("And God made the firmament, this is one of the words by which Ben Zuma shook the world, and made it a wonder, and was it not in the saying, "Behold, by the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host?"" - at the beginning of Rava (Vilna) Parashah at the beginning of Parashah 4, and so: "And the wise men were the one that prevailed over the other in the way, and they shook all "The world" - Mendelei Mos/ Masaot Binyamin Hashlishi 10, ad, and so on: "It would be good for you to see this in the hour of our destruction...all will be shaken and the worlds will tremble" - Shalom aleichem/ Seventy-five thousand, su, and so on: "For the daughter will lie down and become sick...immediately they will rush to bring the doctor and the heavens will tremble over her "And the land" - Peace be upon you/ Advice, Qab, and also: "Shall we sit and hear it? It is our duty to shake heaven and earth and remove this lot from us" - Y. Burla/ Money, 287, and also: "What have they not done for days. How many tears have they shed, how many worlds have they shaken, wept and wept and wept" - Life of his grandmother/ Like the wings of dawn, 160)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הִרְעִישׁ עוֹלָם, הִרְעִישׁ עוֹלָמוֹת, הִרְעִישׁ שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ

Definition (Hebrew)

עָשָׂה הַרְבֵּה רַעַשׁ. הֵקִים קוֹל צְעָקָה. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: פָּנָה בִּטְעָנוֹת אוֹ בִּדְרִישׁוֹת לְגוֹרְמִים רַבִּים אוֹ חֲשׁוּבִים. גָּרַם לְכָךְ שֶׁרַבִּים יִשְׁמְעוּ עַל הַדָּבָר.

("וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָרָקִיעַ, זֶה אֶחָד מִן הַמִּקְרָאוֹת שֶׁהִרְעִישׁ בֶּן זוֹמָא אֶת הָעוֹלָם, וַיַּעַשׂ אֶתְמְהָא, וְהַלֹּא בְּמַאֲמָר הֵן הוֹי (תְּהִלִּים לג) בִּדְבַר ה' שָׁמַיִם נַעֲשׂוּ וּבְרוּחַ פִּיו כָּל צְבָאָם?!"- בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית פָּרָשָׁה ד, וְכֵן:"וְהָיוּ הַחֲכָמִים מְנַצְּחִין זֶה אֶת זֶה בַּהֲלָכָה וְהִרְעִישׁוּ אֶת כָּל הָעוֹלָם"- מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי י, עַד, וְכֵן:"כְּדַאי הָיָה לְךָ לִרְאוֹת אֶת זֶה בִּשְׁעַת קַלְקָלָתֵנוּ...הִתְרַגֵּשׁ כָּל כָּךְ וְהִרְעִישׁ עוֹלָמוֹת"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ חֲמִשָּׁה וְשִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף, סוּ, וְכֵן:"כִּי תִּשְׁכַּב הַבַּת וְתִתְחַלֶּה...מִיָּד יַבְהִילוּ לְהָבִיא אֶת הַדּוֹקְטוֹר וְיַרְעִישׁוּ עָלֶיהָ שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ עֵצָה, קַב, וְכֵן:"הַנֶּשֶׁב וְנַחֲשָׁהּ?חוֹבָה עָלֵינוּ שֶׁנַּרְעִישׁ שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ וְנָסִיר זֶה הַלּוֹט מֵעָלֵינוּ"- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 287, וְכֵן:"מָה לֹא עָשׂוּ אוֹתָם יָמִים.כַּמָּה דְּמָעוֹת שָׁפְכוּ, כַּמָּה עוֹלָמוֹת הִרְעִישׁוּ, בָּכוּ וְהִתְחַנְּנוּ וְהִפְצִירוּ"- חַיִּים סָבָתוֹ/ כְּעַפְעַפֵּי שַׁחַר, 160)

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