For What Reason? (בְּשֶׁל מָה?)
For What Reason? (בְּשֶׁל מָה?)

For What Reason?

Why? What is the reason?

("Har Tziyon, northern slopes, city of the great king" - and all this praise for what reason? Because it is the city of the great king" - Midrash Tanchuma (Buber) Parashat Pekudei, section 8, and likewise: "Mazal tov. Do you know for what reason? My brother Eliyahu entered the wedding canopy and kiddushin" - Shalom Aleichem / my brother Eliyahu's wedding day, what)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּשֶׁל מָה?

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּגְלַל מָה? מָה הַסִּבָּה?

("הַר צִיּוֹן יַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֹן קִרְיַת מֶלֶךְ רָב"- וְכָל הַשֶּׁבַח הַזֶּה בְּשֶׁל מָה, בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁהִיא קִרְיַת מֶלֶךְ רַב"- מִדְרַשׁ תַּנְחוּמָא (בּוּבֶּר) פָּרָשַׁת פְּקוּדֵי סִימָן ח, וְכֵן:"מַזָּל טוֹב.הַיּוֹדְעִים אַתֶּם בְּשֶׁל מָה? אָחִי אֵלִיָּהוּ נִכְנַס לְחֻפָּה וְקִדּוּשִׁין"-שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ יוֹם חֲתֻנָּתוֹ שֶׁל אֲחִי אֵלִיָּהוּ, מָה)

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