bracha levatala

noun

a blessing said in vain

“You don't say hamotzi on brisket! That's totally a bracha levatala!”

OriginHebrew בְּרָכָה לְבַטָּלָה →
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Meanings

nounbracha levatala (plural bracha levatalas or brachot levatala or brochos levatola)

plural bracha levatalas · plural brachot levatala · plural brochos levatola

  1. Judaisma blessing said in vain

    You don't say hamotzi on brisket! That's totally a bracha levatala!

  2. Judaismfigurativelya waste, a pointless action

    I spent the whole day trying to get to the market, but by they were closed by the time I got there! The whole thing was a bracha levatala.

Origin

  1. Hebrewבְּרָכָה לְבַטָּלָה“blessing in vain, lit. blessing in idleness”
  2. Englishbracha levatala

From Hebrew בְּרָכָה לְבַטָּלָה (b'rachá l'vatalá, “blessing in vain, lit. blessing in idleness”).

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