A bat kol came forth and said/ divine voice said

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A bat kol came forth and said/ divine voice said

A heavenly voice spoke; divine providence declared its position.

("For three years the House of Shammai and the House of Hillel disputed: these said, The law is like us, and those said, The law is like us. A bat kol came forth and said: These and those are the words of the living God, but the law follows the House of Hillel. And if these and those are the words of the living God, why did the House of Hillel merit that the law be established like them? Because they were gentle and humble, and they repeated their own words and the words of the House of Shammai. And not only that, but they would place the words of the House of Shammai before their own" — Eruvin 13b; and also: "In this market a bat kol always goes out and proclaims: Hot buns, dear Jews!... May your meal be pleasant, Jews! May the kugel delight your innards!" — Mendel Mocher Sforim, Benjamin the Third, 10, 71; and also: "Why did the heavens tremble? ... From behind the curtain a bat kol came forth: as if He rose from the seat of judgment and sat on the seat of mercy" — Y. Burla, Kissufim, 253; and also: "When Shabbat arrives, they ask one another, What shall we sing now? A bat kol goes forth and says: We have heard songs from the wing of the earth; go to Israel" — Haim Sabato, Ke'af'apei Shachar, 27)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יָצְאָה בַּת קוֹל וְאָמְרָה

Definition (Hebrew)

קוֹל מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם אָמַר. הַהַשְׁגָּחָה הָעֶלְיוֹנָה אָמְרָה אֶת עֶמְדָּתָהּ.

("שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים נֶחְלְקוּ בֵּית שַׁמַּאי וּבֵית הִלֵּל, הַלָּלוּ אוֹמְרִים הֲלָכָה כְּמוֹתֵנוּ וְהַלָּלוּ אוֹמְרִים הֲלָכָה כְּמוֹתֵנוּ. יָצְאָה בַּת קוֹל וְאָמְרָה: אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ דִּבְרֵי אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים הֵן, וְהָלְכָה כְּבֵית הִלֵּל. וְכִי מֵאַחַר שֶׁאֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ דִּבְרֵי אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים- מִפְּנֵי מָה זָכוּ בֵּית הִלֵּל לִקְבֹּעַ הֲלָכָה כְּמוֹתָן?- מִפְּנֵי שֶׁנּוֹחִין וַעֲלוּבִין הָיוּ, וְשֻׁנֵּן (מְשַׁנְּנִים) דִּבְרֵיהֶן וְדִבְרֵי בֵּית שַׁמַּאי. וְלֹא עוֹד אֶלָּא שֶׁמַּקְדִּימִין דִּבְרֵי בֵּית שַׁמַּאי לְדִבְרֵיהֶן"-עֵרוּבִין יג ע"ב, וְכֵן:"בְּשׁוּק זֶה בַּת קוֹל יוֹצֵאת תָּמִיד וּמַכְרֶזֶת: לַחְמָנִיּוֹת חַמּוֹת, יְהוּדִים חֲבִיבִים!...שֶׁבְּתָא טָבָא לָכֶם, יְהוּדִים! יְעָרֵב לָכֶם הַ"קוּגֶל" בִּבְנֵי מְעִיכֶם!"- מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי י, עא, וְכֵן:"עַל מָה זָעוּ שָׁמַיִם?..מֵאַחֲרֵי הַפַּרְגּוֹד יָצְאָה בַּת קוֹל: כִּבְיָכוֹל קָם מִכִּסֵּא הַדִּין וְיָשַׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רַחֲמִים"- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 253, וְכֵן:"כֵּיוָן שֶׁבָּאָה שַׁבָּת שׁוֹאֲלִים זֶה לָזֶה, בְּמָה נִזְמַר עוֹד, יוֹצֵאת בַּת קוֹל וְאוֹמֶרֶת: מִכְּנַף אֶרֶץ זְמִירוֹת שָׁמַעְנוּ, צְאוּ אֵצֶל יִשְׂרָאֵל"- חַיִּים סָבָתוֹ/ כְּעַפְעַפֵּי שַׁחַר, 27)

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