Your name shall be Yisrael, but what does it mean and why so? YiSRaEL (יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל) is an Acronym formed from letters of its Meaning (כִּֽי־שָׂרִ֧יתָ עִם־אֱלֹהִ֛ים): Ki (כִּֽי) provides the [Yod] Sarit (שָׂרִ֧יתָ) provides the [Shin + Reish] Im-Elohim (עִם־אֱלֹהִ֛ים) provides the [Alef + Lamed]
Meaning of the word Yisrael when reciting Shema - Mi Yodeya In Rabbi Aaron Raskin's book "Letters Of Light" the word Yisrael is defined as a contraction "Jews are called b’nei Yisrael—the children of Israel Yisrael means both לי ראש—“I am the head,” and שר א-ל—“minister of G‑d ” The footnote for this cites Likutei Torah Devarim
How to pronounce ישראל - Yisroel or Yisrael? [closed] Why do many people spell, and pronounce, the name ישראל as Yisroel, as if it had an americanized cholem? Isn't it spelled with a kamatz? Do such people still pronounce it as Yisroel in Shema?
words - Significance of Shema Yisrael - Mi Yodeya The words Shema Yisrael are usually translated as "Hear, Israel" or "Listen, Israel " However, the word appears with a different meaning elsewhere in Tanach: Shmuel 1 15:4: וַיְשַׁמַּע שָׁאוּל אֶת הָעָם, And Shaul gathered the nation Metzudas Tzion there: וישמע" - ענין אסיפה הבאה בשמיעת קול
tefilla - Origin of Shomer Yisrael - Mi Yodeya What is the origin of the prayer Shomer Yisrael? Who wrote it, when and where did it first appear? שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל! שְׁמֹר שְׁאֵרִית יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאַל יֹאבַד יִשְׂרָאֵל, הָאוֹמְרִים: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל שׁוֹמֵר גּוֹי אֶחָד!
eretz yisrael - The size shape of biblical Israel - Mi Yodeya Devarim 11:11 tells us the Eretz Yisrael is full of mountains and valleys (Rashi, quoting the Sifrei says so much so that 5 measurement could grow in the place one measurement could grow, were the land flat )
Is a gentile living in Eretz Yisrael obligated to be circumcised? If a gentile is living in Lebanon, western Jordan, Judea Samaria or even within the green-line of the State of Israel, is he obligated to get circumcised since he lives within the halakhic boundari
Moshiach bearing the sickness of Bnei Yisrael - Mi Yodeya The Gemara describes Moshiach as someone who bore the sickness of B'nei Yisrael and is compared to a metzora; see Ben Yehoyada and Chidushei Agadot, see also:Sanhedrin 98b The Gemara there quotes a pasuk in Yeshayahu: But in truth he has borne our sicknesses and endured our pains; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of G-d, and afflicted
eretz yisrael - Why the Land of Israel? - Mi Yodeya The Sages taught in a baraita: Eretz Yisrael was created first and the rest of the entire world was created afterward, as it is stated: “While as yet He had not made the land, nor the fields” (Proverbs 8:26)