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A Blessing for a Sewing Machine?

Does anyone know the English translation for the blessing that the Rabbi bestowed on Motel's used sewing machine?

I've always been curious about this little bit of trivia.

Thanks in advance!

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I would like to know also. "There is a blessing for everything"

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Yeah even for the czar ;)

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I knew my knowledge of some Hebrew would come in handy one day: "May it be His Will that the Divine Presence should rest on the work of your hands."

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That's beautiful. :)

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Cool Daddy! Thanks!

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That rabbi is an old sweetie. That's such a beautiful blessing!

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"Yeah even for the czar ;) "


Oh definitely. Unfortunately, only the latter half of the prayer for the Czar came to be; he was kept far away from the Jewish people, but, God Did not Bless him(otherwise, he would not have been overthrown by atheistic communists).



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The Czar... "would not have been overthrown by atheistic communists."
Actually, he wasn't overthrown by atheistic communists. He was sort of semi-forced to abdicate his throne in March 1917 in favor of his brother by what was known as the Provisional Government of moderates trying to maintain some semblance of order in the face of turmoil over food shortages and other crises. They planned on holding elections but were themselves overthrown by the Bolsheviks in October 1917.


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I always thought it loosely translated into "thank God this machine isn't made in China"
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