ה' נָתַן וַה' לָקָח

ביטוי (אנגלית)

The Lord gave and the lord has taken away (said at a death)

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Acceptance of fate upon the death of a person and faith that everything comes from the Lord, both the good and the evil.

("And he said, Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord" - Job 1:21, and so: "She said unto him (in the hearing of R. Meir's wife to R. Meir after the death of their sons): Rabbi, didst thou not say thus unto me, that we should restore a man to his wife? Thus: The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord" - Midrash of the Proverbs of Lo, and thus: "And he said to her, As one of the women speaks, so shall you speak. Do not let me pray to God. The Lord has given, the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. Why were the words of the wise men suppressed? His remembrance is a blessing on the verse, and he cut off his head" - Sha'i Agnon/ In the blood of her days)