YAKNEHAZ

YAKNEHAZ: YAKNEHAZ (Heb. יַקְנְהַ״ז), abbreviation composed of the initials of the Hebrew words; יַיִן yayin ("wine"), קִדּוּשׁ kiddush ("sanctification"), נֵר ner ("light"), הַבְדָּלָה havdalah ("separation"), and זְמַן zeman ("time," meaning blessing of the time, i.e., She-Heḥeyanu). The word served as a mnemotechnic aid for the correct sequence of the benedictions of the Kiddush on the eve of a festival which coincides with the conclusion of a Sabbath. The abbreviation originates in the Talmud (Pes. 102b–103a), and sounds similar to the German phrase "jag den Has" ("hunt the hare"). Hence also the hare-hunting scenes in many illustrated Passover Haggadot (e.g., Haggadah of Mantua, 1561).

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YAKNEHAZ — (pseudonym of Isaiah Nissan Hakohen Goldberg; 1858–1927), Yiddish and Hebrew writer. Born in a village near Minsk, Yaknehaz began, in 1878, writing Yiddish and Hebrew literary essays which aroused great interest. A decade later, sholem aleichem… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Yaknehaz (Goldberg, Isaiah N.) — (1858 1927) Lithuanian and Yiddish author. He was a teacher in Lithuania from 1880, and served as permanent assistant on the Hebrew newspaper Ha Melitz. He wrote stories and sketches for the Hebrew and Yiddish press … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
ABBREVIATIONS — The abbreviation of words originated in antiquity, probably soon after the alphabet developed from ideographic pictures. While originally rare, their use increased with the general growth in the transmission of ideas by writing. They relieved the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HAVDALAH — (Heb. הַבְדָּלָה; distinction ), blessing recited at the termination of Sabbaths and festivals, in order to emphasize the distinction between the sacred and the ordinary, with regard to the Sabbath (or festival) that is departing and the or … … Encyclopedia of Judaism

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