בַּר מַזָּל

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Bar Mazal/ Lucky

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Son of fortune. A person possessing luck in his life. One who merited something good by chance.

(Rav Ashi said: And what is the difficulty? Perhaps this matter itself is 'bar mazaleh' (What is the question? Perhaps in this matter he is a son of fortune) - Bava Batra 12b, and also: They are the root of idolatry and its branches. And this, that the first falsehood is the decree of the stars... When they said 'Such-and-such star is his bad fortune and such-and-such star is his good fortune'... and they would say, 'This is the matter of such-and-such star and this is the matter of such-and-such fortune' - Commentary on the Mishnah by Maimonides, Tractate Avodah Zarah, chapter 4, and also: Indeed, this rich man was 'bar mazal' because the chief justice was his relative from his family and they had acquaintance and love from their youth - Arvei Nachal and Yikra Amor, Drush 3, and also: A unique 'bar mazal' who if he stood to look at the river, all the fish would die - Shalom Aleichem / Nachat Avot, volume 173, and also: The whole mountain is all ice and a man slips and falls. If he is a 'bar mazal', he falls before he labored and ascended the mountain - Agnon, Ir u'Mloah, 179)