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<DIV>On 5/7/07, Michael Hamm asked this question, which I don't remember if
anyone answered:</DIV>
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size=2>>>Does anyone know the origin of the sentence "David melech
Yisrael chay<BR>v'kayam" (which appears in kidush l'vana (birchas
hal'vana) and in the<BR>z'miros for motzae
Shabas)?<<<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Michael Hamm<BR>AM, Math, Wash. U.
St. Louis<BR>msh210@math.wustl.edu
Fine print:<BR>http://www.math.wustl.edu/~msh210/ ...
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<DIV>I asked my neighbor, R' Yakov Homnick, if he knew the answer, and here is
his reply:</DIV>
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<DIV>The origin is the Gemara in Rosh Hashana 25a. Rabbi Judah the Prince
sent Rabbi Chiya somewhere to preside over announcing the New Moon and he
designated the above phrase as the password, or code, to accompany a return
message confirming he had fulfilled the task.</DIV>
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<DIV>I hope that helps. Sorry for the long-delayed
response.<BR> <BR></DIV></DIV>
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