![]() īiblical references lead some Christians to teach that "Shalom" is one of the sacred names of God. The Talmud says, "the name of God is 'Peace'", therefore, one is not permitted to greet another with the word 'shalom' in places such as a bathroom. Shalom, in other words, is the way things ought to be. In the Bible, shalom means universal flourishing, wholeness and delight – a rich state of affairs in which natural needs are satisfied and natural gifts fruitfully employed, a state of affairs that inspires joyful wonder as its Creator and Savior opens doors and welcomes the creatures in whom he delights. We call it peace but it means far more than mere peace of mind or a cease-fire between enemies. The webbing together of God, humans, and all creation in justice, fulfillment, and delight is what the Hebrew prophets call shalom. ![]() In the book Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin, Christian author Cornelius Plantinga described the biblical concept of shalom: Maimonides comments in his Mishneh Torah: "Great is peace, as the whole Torah was given in order to promote peace in the world, as it is stated, 'Her ways are pleasant ways and all her paths are peace'". The Talmud explains, "The entire Torah is for the sake of the ways of shalom". In Judaism, shalom is one of the underlying principles of the Torah: "Her ways are pleasant ways and all her paths are shalom". Oseh shalom (עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם "Peace-Maker") is the part of a passage commonly found as a concluding sentence in much Jewish liturgy (including the birkat hamazon, kaddish and personal amidah prayers).Alav hashalom ( עָלָיו הַשָּׁלוֹם "upon him is peace") is a phrase used in some Jewish communities, especially Ashkenazi ones, after mentioning the name of a deceased respected individual.Ma sh'lom'cha ( מַה שְׁלוֹמְךָ "What is your well-being/peace?") is a Hebrew equivalent of the English "how are you?".Many Ashkenazi communities in the Jewish diaspora use Yiddish Gut shabbes in preference or interchangeably. ![]() This is most prominent in areas with Mizrahi, Sephardi, or modern Israeli influence. Shabbat shalom ( שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם "peaceful Sabbath") is a common greeting used on Shabbat.In the Gospels, Jesus often uses the greeting "Peace be unto you" (e.g., Matthew 10:12), a translation of shalom aleichem.On the eve of Shabbat, Jews have a custom of singing a song which is called Shalom Alecheim, before the Kiddush over wine of the Shabbat dinner is recited. This is a cognate of the Arabic assalamu alaikum. The appropriate response to such a greeting is "upon you be well-being" ( עֲלֵיכֶם שָׁלוֹם, aleichem shalom). Shalom aleichem ( שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם "well-being be upon you" or "may you be well"), this expression is used to greet others and is a Hebrew equivalent of "hello".In this way, it is similar to the Hawaiian aloha, the English good evening and the Indian namaste. Shalom by itself is a very common abbreviation and it is used in Modern Israeli Hebrew as a greeting and farewell. ![]() The word shalom is used in a variety of expressions and contexts in Hebrew speech and writing: The word "shalom" can be used for all parts of speech as a noun, adjective, verb, adverb, and interjection. A closer relation to the idea of shalom as concept and action is seen in the Arabic root salaam, meaning, among other things, to be safe, secure and forgiven. Sulmu, another Assyrian term, means welfare. The Assyrian term salamu means to be complete, unharmed, paid/atoned. The meaning of completeness, central to the term shalom, can also be confirmed in related terms found in other Semitic languages. Thus from the root sh-l-m come the words shalom ("peace, well-being"), hishtalem ("it was worth it"), shulam ("was paid for"), meshulam ("paid for in advance"), mushlam ("perfect"), and shalem ("whole").īiblically, shalom is seen in reference to the well-being of others (Genesis 43:27, Exodus 4:18), to treaties (I Kings 5:12), and in prayer for the wellbeing of cities or nations (Psalm 122:6, Jeremiah 29:7). When the root consonants appear with various vowels and additional letters, a variety of words, often with some relation in meaning, can be formed from a single root. In Hebrew, words are built on "roots", generally of three consonants. ( December 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.
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