Civil rights
The rights granted to citizens by law and the government's duty to protect them against their violation.
("He removed a category, and took an advocate from his place/ And the Lord became his defense/ For the sake of my word-forgiveness/ The righteousness of a citizen, even as a lily blossoms" - Piyyut 'Amman, even as he created a mediator', spoken on the Day of Atonement)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
זְכוּיוֹת הָאֶזְרָח
Definition (Hebrew)
זְכוּיוֹת הַמָּועֳנָקוֹת לָאֶזְרָח ע"פ הַחֹוק וְעַל הַשִּׁלְטוֹן לְהָגֵן עֲלֵיהֶם עֲבוּרוֹ.
("הַס קָטֵגוֹר,וְקַח סָנֵגוֹר מְקוֹמוֹ/ וַיְהִי ה' לְמִשְׁעָן לוֹ/ לְמַעַן נָאֲמוּ-סָלַחְתִּי/ זְכוּת אֶזְרָח, גַּם יִפְרָח לְשׁוֹשַׁנָּה"- פִּיּוּט 'אָמְנָם כֵּן יָצַר סוֹכֵן' הַנֶּאֱמָר בְּיוֹם כִּפּוּר)