פירוש על ברכות 5:14

For the bearing of this passage on Matt. iii. 16, see Abrahams, Studies in Pharisaism (First Series), p. 47.

The original reading was probably, "Woe to Me that I have destroyed," etc. See D. S. ad loc. The alteration was made for the purpose of euphemism.

This is the response in the important feature of the Synagogue Service, known as the Kaddish. Cf., e.g., Singer, p. 37, and p. 86 for the form used in the House of Study. On the Kaddish, see J. E. VII. pp. 401 ff.

To denote regret or meditation; cf. T. A. III. p. 245 n. 65.

Reading אוי ; see D. S. ad loc. The text has מה which means "What is there for the Father?"