[Avodah] Oseh hashalom

Joseph Tabory via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Wed Sep 27 06:53:41 PDT 2017


Early Ashkenaz used the formula Oseh hashalom for the final blessing of the Amidah (which was the standard formula in the pre-crusade Eretz Israel minhag) whenever they said "besefer chayyim" (i.e. yamim noraim). Chasidei ashkenaz mentioned that "hashalom" was a gematriya for Safriel, the angel who writes the books during the yamim noraim. The Ari did not wish to change the usual formula of the final blessing but he thought that the gematriya was significant. So he instituted the use of "Oseh Hashalom" in the kaddish after the Amidah.
Yosef Tabory



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