בְּשָׁעָה טוֹבָה וּמֻצְלַחַת, בְּשָׁעָה טוֹבָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

May the hour prove propitious / Good luck!

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A good and blessed time has arrived. A blessing or joyful exclamation upon the arrival of a good event or happy news.

('A time to seek in peace and a time to lose in war, a time to guard in a good hour and a time to cast away in an evil hour' - Kohelet Rabbah (Vilna) Parashah 3, 1), and also: 'And after I give my blessing from Mount Zion to his precious daughter, Kila daughter of Esther, that the Lord send her help from holiness, to open her reins at a good and successful hour' - Responsa Neshamat Chaim, Siman 16), and: 'To find within the city boundaries our guests... and to bring them into good fortune at a good hour in Kislev' - Mendel Mo"S/ Travels of Benjamin III, 10, 68), and also: 'And you call and there is no answer / and the night is deep as a pit of destruction / and your lonely voice is dying, / they said: At a good hour / at a good and successful hour' - Lea Goldberg/ At a Good Hour, 1), and also: 'My son Raphael Yitzua was born at a good and successful hour between the sunsets of the holy Sabbath eve' - Chaim Savto/ Like the Eyelids of Dawn, 14)