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What is the Hebrew for “Everything in this world is by the grace of the God”?

Posted on September 11, 2017 by יונתן אור-סתיו
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The trick with such translations is not to translate literally, as that often results in a rhythmically awkward or unwieldy expression, but to craft a suitably poetic equivalent.

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