If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its cunning

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If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its cunning

If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its cunning

An oath of loyalty to Jerusalem. A phrase that has accompanied the Jewish people throughout all the years of exile, expressing every Jew's connection to Jerusalem (literally: If I forget Jerusalem, may my right hand lose its strength).

("If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its cunning. Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my greatest joy" – Psalms 137:5, and also: "Zion, my perfect one, Zion, my desire/ For you my soul longs from afar/ May my right hand forget/ If I forget you, my beautiful" – Dolitzky/ Zion Tamati, and also: "For your name burns on the lips/ Like a seraph's kiss/ If I forget you, Jerusalem/ All of it is gold..." – Naomi Shemer/ Jerusalem of Gold, and also: "Balalaika, balalaika/ Oh, sing to me if I forget you, Jerusalem" – Yoram Taharlev/ Balalaika)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אִם אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי

Definition (Hebrew)

שְׁבוּעַת אֱמוּנִים לִירוּשָׁלַיִם. מִשְׁפָּט הַמְּלַוֶּה אֶת הָעָם הַיְּהוּדִי לְאֹרֶךְ כָּל שְׁנוֹת הַגָּלוּת וְהַמַּבִּיעַ אֶת הַקֶּשֶׁר שֶׁל כָּל יְהוּדִי לִירוּשָׁלַיִם (מִלּוּלִית: אִם אֶשְׁכַּח אֶת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם תֵּחָלֵשׁ יָד יְמִינִי).

("אִם אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי.תִּדְבַּק לְשׁוֹנִי לְחִכִּי אִם לֹא אֶזְכְּרֵכִי אִם לֹא אַעֲלֶה אֶת יְרוּשָׁלִם עַל רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתִי"- תְּהִלִּים קלז ה, וְכֵן: "צִיּוֹן תַּמָּתִי, צִיּוֹן חֶמְדָּתִי/ לְךָ נַפְשִׁי מֵרָחוֹק הוֹמִיָּה/ תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי/ אִם אֶשְׁכָּחֲךָ יָפָתִי1 "- דּוֹלִיצְקִי/ צִיּוֹן תַּמָּתִי, וְכֵן:"כִּי שִׁמְךָ צוֹרֵב עַל הַשְּׂפָתַיִם/ כִּנְשִׁיקַת שָׂרָף/ אִם אֶשְׁכָּחֲךָ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם/ אֲשֶׁר כֻּלָּהּ זָהָב..."- נָעֳמִי שֶׁמֶר/ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל זָהָב, וְכֵן: "בָּלָלַיְקָה, בָּלָלַיְקָה/ הוֹ, שִׁירַי לִי אִם אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם"- יוֹרָם טְהַרְלֵב/ בָּלָלַיְקָה)

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