Malchus

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Every Hebrew and Aramaic source phrase the essay quotes, in the order it appears, with the citation the essay itself gives. This index is generated from the text — it adds nothing to it.

46 source passages


לית לה מגרמה כלום

Leis lah m’garmah klum.

“She has nothing of her own.”

In: Leis Lah M’garmah Klum

לְךָ ה׳ הַגְּדֻלָּה וְהַגְּבוּרָה וְהַתִּפְאֶרֶת וְהַנֵּצַח וְהַהוֹד כִּי כֹל בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ לְךָ ה׳ הַמַּמְלָכָה

“To You, Hashem, are greatness, might, beauty, victory and splendour, for everything in heaven and earth is Yours; to You, Hashem, is the kingdom” (I Chronicles 29:11).

In: “Lecha Hashem HaMamlachah”

לְךָ

“To You.”

In: “Lecha Hashem HaMamlachah”

לְבִלְתִּי רוּם לְבָבוֹ מֵאֶחָיו

“his heart not become exalted above his brothers” (Deuteronomy 17:20).

In: “Lecha Hashem HaMamlachah”

מלכות פה תורה שבעל פה קרינן לה

“Malchus is the mouth; we call her the Oral Torah.”

In: “Malchus Peh”: The Mouth Reconsidered

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל

“Hear, Israel.”

In: “Malchus Peh”: The Mouth Reconsidered

ה׳ אֱלֹקֵינוּ ה׳ אֶחָד.

In: “Malchus Peh”: The Mouth Reconsidered

אֲדֹנָי שְׂפָתַי תִּפְתָּח וּפִי יַגִּיד תְּהִלָּתֶךָ

“Hashem, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare Your praise” (Psalms 51:17).

In: “Malchus Peh”: The Mouth Reconsidered

קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע... רָחֵל מְבַכָּה עַל בָּנֶיהָ

“A voice is heard in Ramah... Rachel weeping for her children” (Jeremiah 31:14).

In: The Moon Does More Than Reflect

וְשָׁבוּ בָנִים לִגְבוּלָם

“The children shall return to their border” (Jeremiah 31:16).

In: The Moon Does More Than Reflect

וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם

“They shall make for Me a sanctuary, and I shall dwell among them” (Exodus 25:8).

In: Malchus and the Shechinah: The Presence That Refuses to Leave

בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹקִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ

“In the beginning G-d created the heavens and the earth.”

In: The Earth Knows a Secret the Heavens Do Not

סוֹף מַעֲשֶׂה בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה תְּחִלָּה

“The end of the deed is first in thought.”

In: “Sof Maaseh B’Machshavah Techilah”

נעוץ סופן בתחילתן ותחילתן בסופן

“Their end is embedded in their beginning, and their beginning in their end.”

In: “Na’utz Sofan B’Techilasan”: The End Touches the Beginning

לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה

“Come, my beloved, to greet the bride.”

In: Shabbos: The Queen Who Receives the Week

בּוֹאִי כַלָּה

“Come, bride.”

In: Shabbos: The Queen Who Receives the Week

מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ ה׳

“From the depths I called You, Hashem” (Psalms 130:1).

In: David HaMelech: The King Who Is Prayer

גַּם כִּי אֵלֵךְ בְּגֵיא צַלְמָוֶת לֹא אִירָא רָע כִּי אַתָּה עִמָּדִי

“Even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me” (Psalms 23:4).

In: David HaMelech: The King Who Is Prayer

וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּה

“But I am prayer” (Psalms 109:4).

In: David HaMelech: The King Who Is Prayer

כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר אֵלֶיךָ שָׂרָה שְׁמַע בְּקֹלָהּ

“Whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her voice” (Genesis 21:12).

In: Sarah: Malchus Hears What Cannot Yet Be Seen

עַמֵּךְ עַמִּי וֵאלֹקַיִךְ אֱלֹקָי

“Your people are my people, and your G-d is my G-d” (Ruth 1:16).

In: Ruth: The Empty Vessel at the Root of the Throne

וַיְהִי דְבַר ה׳

“The word of Hashem came...”

In: Why “Nothing of Her Own” Is the Opposite of Silence

לְךָ ה׳ הַמַּמְלָכָה.

In: The Great Danger: The Throne Self-Crowned

הִנֵּה הַשָּׁמַיִם וּשְׁמֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם לֹא יְכַלְכְּלוּךָ אַף כִּי הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה

“Behold, the heavens and the heavens of heavens cannot contain You, how much less this house” (I Kings 8:27).

In: The Beis HaMikdash as Malchus Made Architecture

וְאַתֶּם הַדְּבֵקִים בַּה׳ אֱלֹקֵיכֶם חַיִּים כֻּלְּכֶם הַיּוֹם

“You who cleave to Hashem your G-d are all alive today” (Deuteronomy 4:4).

In: Malchus as Presence Instead of Distance

כִּי מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ דֵּעָה אֶת ה׳ כַּמַּיִם לַיָּם מְכַסִּים

“The earth shall be filled with knowledge of Hashem as the waters cover the sea” (Isaiah 11:9).

In: Moshiach: Malchus Coming of Age

וְהָיָה ה׳ לְמֶלֶךְ עַל כָּל הָאָרֶץ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיֶה ה׳ אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד

“Hashem shall be King over all the earth; on that day Hashem shall be One and His Name one” (Zechariah 14:9).

In: Hashem Echad and Shmo Echad

אמרו לפני מלכויות כדי שתמליכוני עליכם

In: Rosh Hashanah: Malchus Awakens From Below

נְקֵבָה תְּסוֹבֵב גָּבֶר

“A woman shall encompass a man” (Jeremiah 31:21).

In: Malchus and the Female Encompassing the Male

וְהָיוּ לְבָשָׂר אֶחָד

“They shall become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24).

In: Two Sovereign Wholes

פָּתֹחַ תִּפְתַּח אֶת יָדְךָ

“You shall surely open your hand” (Deuteronomy 15:8).

In: Malchus and Poverty: What the Teaching Can and Cannot Mean

כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה׳ נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע

“Everything Hashem has spoken, we will do and we will hear” (Exodus 24:7).

In: The Torah of Amen

וְנָשָׂא נֵס לַגּוֹיִם וְאָסַף נִדְחֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

“He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the dispersed of Israel” (Isaiah 11:12).

In: Knesses Yisrael: The Great Receiver

וֶאֱמוּנָתְךָ בַּלֵּילוֹת

“Your faithfulness in the nights” (Psalms 92:3).

In: Malchus and Emunah

יָאֵר ה׳ פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ

“May Hashem illuminate His face toward you.”

In: Malchus as the Face Turned Toward the World

יִשָּׂא ה׳ פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ

“May Hashem lift His face toward you” (Numbers 6:25-26).

In: Malchus as the Face Turned Toward the World

לֹא בַשָּׁמַיִם הִוא

“It is not in heaven” (Deuteronomy 30:12).

In: Malchus Does Not Merely Speak the Story. She Lets the Story Speak

כַּמַּיִם לַיָּם מְכַסִּים

“As the waters cover the sea.”

In: The Future Is Not More Light. It Is More Capacity

אָשַׁמְנוּ. בָּגַדְנוּ.

In: Malchus and Teshuvah: Returning the Self to Its Source

טַעֲמוּ וּרְאוּ כִּי טוֹב ה׳

“Taste and see that Hashem is good” (Psalms 34:9).

In: When the Throne Arises From Within

יִשְׂמַח יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֹשָׂיו בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן יָגִילוּ בְמַלְכָּם

“Let Israel rejoice in its Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King” (Psalms 149:2).

In: Malchus and Joy

לית לה מגרמה כלום

“She has nothing of her own.”

In: The Deepest Meaning of “Nothing of Her Own”

נעוץ סופן בתחילתן ותחילתן בסופן.

In: The Circle Closes

וְהָיָה ה׳ לְמֶלֶךְ עַל כָּל הָאָרֶץ

“Hashem shall be King over all the earth.”

In: And Then the Throne Becomes a World

לְךָ ה׳ הַמַּמְלָכָה.

To You, Hashem, is the kingdom.

In: The Final Word of Malchus

ה׳ אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד.

In: The Final Word of Malchus