בֵּרֵךְ "שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ"

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Blessed “Shehechiyanu”

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Blessed the blessing “Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who has kept us alive, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this time.” This blessing is said when something new and good occurs or when eating a new fruit after a long time.

(“Every mitzvah that occurs from time to time, such as Shofar, Sukkah, Torah reading, and the Hanukkah candle… one blesses over it at the time of performance ‘Shehechiyanu v’kiyemanu’” – Rambam / Sefer Ahavah, Hilchot Berachot, Ch. 11, 9, 266; and likewise: “For the eyes of tens of thousands of Israelites, now raised from all the Diaspora to this mountain, shine now with the radiance of hope… the blessing ‘Shehechiyanu v’kiyemanu v’higi’anu lazman hazeh’” – Bialik / Speech at the Opening of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; and likewise: “She said to him, for it is a civil war of a few hours, and by evening we can bless Shehechiyanu over a Jewish pogrom” – Chaim Baar / Notsot, 183.)