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L'Shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim (Hebrew: לשנה הבאה בירושלים, lit. "Next year in Jerusalem") is a phrase that is often sung at the end of the Passover Seder[1][2] and at the end of the Ne'ila service on Yom Kippur.[3][4] L'Shana Haba'ah evokes a common theme in Jewish culture of a desire to return to a rebuilt Jerusalem, and commentators have suggested that it serves as a reminder of the experience of living in exile.[5][6]
Background
Jewish belief posits that although the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed twice, it will be rebuilt a third time, ushering in the Messianic era and the ingathering of the exiles. Some Jewish rituals express the desire to witness those events, couched in the phrase L'Shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim ("Next year in Jerusalem"). For example, the Passover Seder concludes with L'Shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim,[1][2][7] and the fifth and final prayer service of Yom Kippur, Ne'ila, concludes with the blowing of a shofar and the recitation of L'Shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim.[4] In Israel, Jews often add an additional word to the phrase: L'Shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim habnuyah ("Next year in the rebuilt Jerusalem").[5]
Symbolism
Ross has suggested that the recitation L'Shana Haba'ah serves as a reminder of the personal experience of exile that "we need to reconcile in order to truly be in Jerusalem, a city whose name suggests peace (shalom) and completeness (shaleim)".[5] Berg has also suggested that the recitation of L'Shana Haba'ah "unite[s] the Jews as a people" because it is a reminder of the shared experience of living in exile,[6] and some scholars have noted that the purpose of reciting L'Shana Haba'ah at the end of the Ne'ila prayers on Yom Kippur is to express "our deep felt yearning to reunite with the Shechinah in the rebuilt Yerushalayim".[3] Dosick has also suggested that L'Shana Haba'ah is both a prayer "for an end to exile and return to the Land of Israel" as well as "a prayer for ultimate redemption, for peace and perfection for the entire world".[8]
See also
References
Citations
- 1 2 Cohn-Sherbok 2012, p. 36.
- 1 2 Spero 2006, p. 157.
- 1 2 Glenn 2011, p. 315.
- 1 2 Latner 1986, p. 102.
- 1 2 3 Koppelman Ross 1986, p. 30.
- 1 2 Berg 2012, p. 11.
- ↑ Rubinstein 1986, p. 7.
- ↑ Dosick 1995, p. 137.
Bibliography
- Cohn-Sherbok, Dan; Cohn-Sherbok, Lavinia (2012). Judaism: A Beginner's Guide. Oneworld Publications. ISBN 1780741618.
- Glenn, Tsemach (2011). The Torah Vodaas Haggadah. Israel Bookshop Publications. ISBN 160091151X.
- Koppelman Ross, Lesli (2000). Celebrate!: The Complete Jewish Holidays Handbook. Jason Aronson. ISBN 1461627729.
- Latner, Helen (1986). The Book of Modern Jewish Etiquette: A Guide for All Occasions. Perennial Library. ISBN 0060970545.
- Rubinstein, Leon (1986). The First Swallows: The Dawn of the Third Aliya. Cornwall Books. ISBN 0845347586.
- Spero, Yechiel (2006). Touched by the Seder: The Pesach Haggadah with Soul-Stirring Stories and Commentary. Mesorah Publications. ISBN 1422601064.
- Berg, Nancy E. (2012). Exile from Exile: Israeli Writers from Iraq. SUNY Press. ISBN 0791496422.
- Dosick, Wayne D. (1995). Living Judaism: the complete guide to Jewish belief, tradition, and practice. HarperSan Francisco. ISBN 0060621192.
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