English Explanatory Dictionary

bracha levatala

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

a blessing said in vain
a waste, a pointless action

Word forms

bracha levatala bracha levatalas brachot levatala brochos levatola

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּרָכָה לְבַטָּלָה (b'rachá l'vatalá, “blessing in vain, lit. blessing in idleness”).

Related words

bracha she'eina tzericha

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