miracle-worker / exemplary person

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miracle-worker / exemplary person

miracle-worker / exemplary person

A person capable of performing miracles. By extension: a person who can serve as an example to others because of his exalted behavior.

("Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends sitting before you, for they are men of wonder; for behold, I will bring forth My servant the Branch" – Zechariah 3:8. Also: "This verse mentioned the powers of heaven and earth as testifying to the necessary existence of God, who is one, not a body and not a force in a body, without likeness to Him, as those possessing wonders indicate in their nature" – Sefer Melamed HaTalmidim, Parashat Va'etchanan. Also: "And the holy name of the Baal Shem Tov became known, for he was a man of wonder" – S.Y. Agnon, Tales of the Baal Shem Tov, The Mad Daughter.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אִישׁ מוֹפֵת

Definition (Hebrew)

אִישׁ הַמְּסֻגָּל לַעֲשׂוֹת נִסִּים. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אִישׁ שֶׁיָּכוֹל לְשַׁמֵּשׁ דֻּגְמָה לַאֲחֵרִים עֵקֶב הִתְנַהֲגוּתוֹ הַנַּעֲלֵית.

("שְׁמַע נָא יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל אַתָּה וְרֵעֶיךָ הַיֹּשְׁבִים לְפָנֶיךָ כִּי אַנְשֵׁי מוֹפֵת הֵמָּה כִּי הִנְנִי מֵבִיא אֶת עַבְדִּי צֶמַח"- זְכַרְיָה ג ח, וְכֵן:"הַפָּסוּק הַזֶּה הִזְכִּיר כּוֹחוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ להיותם מוֹרִים עַל מְצִיאוּת הַשֵּׁם המחוייבת ושהוא אֶחָד לֹא גּוּף וְלֹא כֹּחַ בַּגּוּף מֵאַיִן דְּמוּת לוֹ כְּמוֹ שיורו בבחינתם בַּעֲלֵי המופת"- סֵפֶר מְלַמֵּד הַתַּלְמִידִים פָּרָשַׁת ואתחנן, וְכֵן:"וְשָׁם קדשו שֶׁל הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט נוֹדַע, כִּי אִישׁ מוֹפֵת הוּא"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט/ הַבַּת המשוגעה)

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