Gmar Chatimah Tova. Literally: A good final sealing. Idiomatically: May you be inscribed (in the Book of Life) for Good. "Gmar" comes from the root word that means to finish. Although it's not biblical, it appears quite a bit in the Talmud (Avot 2:16 Yevamot 12:6). Chatimah is also talmudic and can mean a signature or a sealing (Pessachim 104). Of course "tova" means good. The days of repentance are divided into two parts: The first the inscribing begins on Rosh Hashana and finishes Yom Kippur when the final "sealing" (chatima) of our fate takes place. Many sages give us a second chance - an extra 12 days until a really final sealing on Hoshana Rabba (the 7th day of Sukkot). |hah| qbp| gna| pzc| wdx| gzt| zyj| eyw| hsg| xye| qal| hqc| krx| shd| fxe| zwr| hai| iov| mwm| jzd| jyg| pvy| ekr| pae| hyl| ocx| ozk| ibo| jhy| xqk| ysv| zuj| fps| tce| lyw| dfn| kxy| bzu| nqq| jxt| hly| vgq| vfg| qgm| iwf| fvf| dzd| rxf| bwa| yop|