חָתַר חֲתִירָה מִתַּחַת כִּיסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Dig a Passage Beneath the Throne of Glory

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Figuratively: make a special opening beneath the Throne of Glory in order to allow prayers to pass directly to God. ("Chatar chatirah" means to dig a trench or excavation.)

("And they said before Him, 'Master of the Universe, if someone has set up an idol in the Temple, do You accept him in repentance?!' He said to them: 'If I do not accept him in repentance, then I am locking the door before all penitents.' What did the Holy One, blessed be He, do? He dug a passage beneath the Throne of His Glory" - Ruth Rabbah (Lerner), Parashah 5; and also: "From the passage beneath the Throne of Glory, a pure mist twists and rises... the still small voice is heard" - Y. L. Peretz, Near His Deathbed, 8; and also: "When the Enlightenment... overflowed the measure, it began to dig a passage beneath the banner of the nation and its existence" - Berdyczewski, Writings, 2, 84)