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  • Elohaynu melech ha'alom, asher kidishanu b'mitzvotah, vihitzivenu lehadlik, ner shel hannukah

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  • Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher kidshanu b'mitzvosav ve-tzivanu lehafrish challah min ha-isah.

    RECIPES FROM GINNY BATES Maggie Jochild 2007

  • Baruch atta adonai, eloheinu melech ha'olam, borai p'ri hagafen

    This is funny! Good for a chuckle... 2008

  • Barack atah Illinois, Elohenu melech ha'olam, hoo-ray p'ri ha-electoral landslide.

    This is funny! Good for a chuckle... 2008

  • It might also be argued that this lead to a sense that if God was a king of the universe (melech) then the universe must be ordered in a lawful fashion.

    Politicians and Critics Sean 2008

  • Mobius melech yisss…not quite, but getting closer..

    The new guy | Jewschool 2004

  • Saul's kingship was limited, and his main title was not melech “king” but nagid “military commander.

    e. Israel and Judah 2001

  • "Baruch attah adonai, elohainu melech haolahm, shehecheyanu v'keeyamanu v'heegeeyanu lazmahn hazeh. 13lessed art Thou, 0 Eternal, our God, King of the Universe, who has preserved us, sustained us, and allowed us to enjoy this season."

    Day of Honor Carey, Diane 1997

  • She poured her own glass last and Ada overheard the old woman whisper, “Baruch atah adonai, eloheno melech ha olam, borai pri hagafen.”

    Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

  • Ebed-melech, learning his condition, went and informed King Zedekiah of the real state of the case, and obtained a command to take an escort of thirty men with him and deliver him from the dungeon lest he should die.

    The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 12, December, 1889 Various

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