Wherefore / If so / Consequently

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Wherefore / If so / Consequently

Wherefore / If so / Consequently

Therefore; because of this; for that reason.

("Therefore I will not pardon you—your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are no gods" – Jeremiah 5:7; likewise: "Therefore we must put a guard over our mouths, hush, not to speak, not to recount the greatness of His holy praise" – Introduction to Sefer HaMiddot by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov; and: "Therefore I must hasten to return to Jerusalem to see how to correct what has been corrupted" – Y. Burla, Longings, p. 257)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אִי לָזֹאת

Definition (Hebrew)

אֲשֶׁר עַל כֵּן. בִּגְלַל זֶה. מִשּׁוּם כָּךְ.

("אֵי לָזֹאת אֶסְלַח לָךְ בָּנַיִךְ עֲזָבוּנִי וַיִּשָּׁבְעוּ בְּלֹא אֱלֹהִים" - יִרְמְיָה ה, ז, וְכֵן: "אִי לְזֹאת עָלֵינוּ לְשׁוּם לפינו מַחְסוֹם, הַס כִּי לֹא לְהַזְכִּיר, לבלי לְסַפֵּר בעוצם שִׁבְחוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ" - הַקְדָּמָה לְסַפֵּר הַמִּדּוֹת לֵר' נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלָב, וְכֵן: "אִי לְזֹאת חַיָּב אֲנִי לָשׁוּב בְּהֶקְדֵּם לִירוּשָׁלַיִם לִרְאוֹת כֵּיצַד לְתַקֵּן אֶת המעוות" - י. בּוּרְלָא, כִּסּוּפִים, 257)

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