גְּזֵרָה מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Decree from Heaven

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A decision of Divine Providence. A decree of fate. The will of God.

("If so, why is it said, 'And the LORD rained upon Sodom and...' from the heavens (Genesis 19:24), said the Holy One, blessed be He, a decree from heaven, and downward it is made into fire" - Midrash Tehillim (Buber) Psalm 110, and likewise: "Is it not a decree from heaven, the name is lesson, the name is given, is it not so written in our holy books" - Shalom Aleichem / HaKedra, 183, and also: "Many years after birth and when she gave birth, three times the births died in their infancy. This is a decree from heaven" - Y. Burla / Kisufim, 115, and also: "Perhaps the end is finally decreed from heaven / For a mother's merit will protect his gates / That he returns day by day at noon / From the office and not from the battlefield" - Leah Goldberg / Night and Later Days, 9)