"Hazak"

Hebrew word meaning "Be Strong"

IN THE SINAI DESERT A FEW YEARS AGO A LEATHER POUCH WAS FOUND. WITHIN THERE WAS AN ANCIENT SEAL* ( USED FOR SEALING, WITH WAX, LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS).

THE SEAL IN HEBREW CHARACTERS READ: "RABBI MOSHE ben NAHMAN OF GERONA AND

ENDED WITH THE WORD "HAZAK". (SEE IT ON OUR FAMILY HISTORY PAPER)

NOW MY FATHER, HAIM JOSEPH NAHMAN, ALWAYS TOLD US (IN LADINO) TO ANSWER ADVERSITY (OR EVEN COLD WEATHER) "METE TE REZIO" HE WOULD SAY,CLENCHING HIS FIST AND PUTTING HIS FOOT DOWN HARD, "BE STRONG".

COINCIDENCE ? OR AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF ORAL HISTORY PASSED FROM FATHER TO

OFFSPRINGS FROM 1270 C.E. UNTIL THE FINDING OF THE SEAL CONTAINING THE WORD

"HAZAK"

*The seal is in a museum in Jerusalem.

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