Blessed be He that established a widow's bounds! traditional greeting on seeing a Jewish settlement newly built in Israel.
A traditional blessing recited upon seeing a new settlement established in the Land of Israel.
("‘The houses of the mighty shall be plundered, but the widow’s boundary shall be established’ — Proverbs 15:25. And so: ‘The Rabbis taught: One who sees the houses of Israel in their settlement says — Blessed is the One Who establishes the widow’s boundary; in their destruction he says — Blessed is the True Judge’ — Berachot 58b. Similarly: ‘Between this and that, blessed is the One Who establishes the widow’s boundary, that her strength was not lost, and she retains name and remainder in the world’ — H. Hazaz / Broken Lives, 25.)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בָּרוּךְ מַצִּיב גְּבוּל אַלְמָנָה
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּרָכָה מָסָרְתִּית הַנֶּאֱמֶרֶת כְּשֶׁרוֹאִים יִשּׁוּב חָדָשׁ הַנִּבְנֶה בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל.
("בֵּית גֵּאִים יִסַּח ה' וְיַצֵּב גְּבוּל אַלְמָנָה"- מִשְׁלֵי טוּ כֹּה, וְכֵן:"תְּנוּ רַבָּנָן: הָרוֹאֶה בָּתֵּי יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּיִשּׁוּבָן אוֹמֵר- בָּרוּךְ מַצִּיב גְּבוּל אַלְמָנָה, בְּחֻרְבָּנָן אוֹמֵר-בָּרוּךְ דַּיַּן הָאֱמֶת"-בְּרָכוֹת נָח ע"ב, וְכֵן:"בֵּין כָּךְ וּבֵין כָּךְ בָּרוּךְ מַצִּיב אַלְמָנָה, שֶׁלֹּא אָבְדָה אוֹטֶשְׁרָנִיָּה, וְנִשְׁאַר לָהּ שֵׁם וּשְׁאָר בָּעוֹלָם"-ח.הָזָז/ רֵחַיִם שְׁבוּרִים, 25)