Alive and well/ enduring/ permanent/ alive and kicking (חַי וְקַיָּים)
Alive and well/ enduring/ permanent/ alive and kicking (חַי וְקַיָּים)

Alive and well/ enduring/ permanent/ alive and kicking

Figuratively: alive and present in reality; existing and active.

("And now I am being led before the King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He, who lives and abides forever...and not yet, but there are two ways before me, one to the Garden of Eden and the other to Gehenna, and I do not know which way I am being led - and will I not weep?" - Blessings of Power, p. 2)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חַי וְקַיָּים

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: נִמְצָא בַּחַיִּים. קַיָּים בַּמְּצִיאוּת בַּחַיִּים. אוֹ: קַיָּם וּפָעִיל.

("וְעַכְשָׁו שֶׁמּוֹלִיכִים אוֹתִי לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁהוּא חַי וְקַיָּם לְעוֹלָם...וְלֹא עוֹד, אֶלָּא שֶׁיֵּשׁ לְפָנַי שְׁנֵי דְרָכִים, אַחַת שֶׁל גַּן עֵדֶן וְאַחַת שֶׁל גֵּיהִנָּם, וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ בְּאֵיזוֹ מוֹלִיכִים אוֹתִי - וְלֹא אֶבְכֶּה?"- בְּרָכוֹת כֹּחַ ע"ב)

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