A Single Unit/ of one piece/ at once (חֲטִיבָה אַחַת)
A Single Unit/ of one piece/ at once (חֲטִיבָה אַחַת)

A Single Unit/ of one piece/ at once

In question: one unit. A united or uniform body (the word "hatiba" means "mask or embroidery").

("And further he expounded (Deuteronomy 26): 'You have proclaimed the LORD today, and the LORD has proclaimed you today'—the Holy One, blessed be He, said to Israel: You have made Me one single unit in the world, and I will make you one single unit in the world" - Hagigah 3a, and likewise: "The people of Israel, this wondrous people... for it is one single unit in the world, this strange people" - Berdichevsky / Writings, vol. 2, 24, and likewise: "This sturdy, solid body... in its sculpted form, one single unit and a solid rock, without sediment" - Bialik / Aryeh Ba'al Guf B 12, and likewise: "Heaven and earth, land and sea became, as it were, one single unit, wrapped within another unit hidden from the eye" - Agnon / Ad Henah, Shevu'at Emunim, 227)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חֲטִיבָה אַחַת

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: יְחִידָה אַחַת. גּוּף מְלֻוכָּד אוֹ אָחִיד (חֲטִיבָה מַשְׁמָע בַּמָּקוֹר: מַסֶּכֶת אוֹ רִקְמָה).

("וְעוֹד דָּרַשׁ (דְּבָרִים כו) אֶת ה' הֶאֱמַרְתָּ הַיּוֹם וַה' הֶאֱמִירְךָ הַיּוֹם- אָמַר לָהֶם הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל: אַתֶּם עֲשִׂיתוּנִי חֲטִיבָה אַחַת בָּעוֹלָם, וַאֲנִי אֶעֱשֶׂה אֶתְכֶם חֲטִיבָה אַחַת בָּעוֹלָם"- חֲגִיגָה ג ע"א, וְכֵן:"עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל, זֶה עַם פְּלָאוֹת...כִּי הוּא חֲטִיבָה אַחַת בָּעוֹלָם,הָעָם הַמְּשֻׁנֶּה הַזֶּה"- בֶּרְדִּיצֶ'בְסְקִי/ כְּתָבִים, ב, 24, וְכֵן:"הַגּוּף הֶחָסוֹן וְהַמּוּצָק הַזֶּה...בְּגִזְרָתוֹ הַחֲטוּבָה חֲטִיבָה אַחַת וְאֶבֶן שְׁלֹמֹה בְּלִי מִשְׁקָע"-בְּיָאלִיק / אַרְיֵה בַּעַל גּוּף ב יב, וְכֵן:"שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ,אֶרֶץ וְיָם נַעֲשׂוּ כְּמִין חֲטִיבָה אַחַת, גְּלוּלָה בְּתוֹךְ חֲטִיבָה אַחֶרֶת סְמוּיָה מִן הָעַיִן"- עַגְנוֹן/ עַד הֵנָּה, שְׁבוּעַת אֱמוּנִים, 227)

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