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Rabbi Eliezer Melamed brings in his Pninei Halacha Hilchot Brachot ch.15 the following:
וכך הוא נוסח הברכה: "ברוך אתה ה' אלוקינו מלך העולם, שלא חיסר בעולמו כלום, וברא בו בריות טובות ואילנות טובים להנות בהם בני אדם" (ברכות מג, ב).
Translation:
And such is the nusach (version) of the blessing: "...Ilanot Tovim..." (Brachot 43b).
And noted there:
בנוסח ...
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Vayeira 18:10
10 And he said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year,
and behold, your wife Sarah will have a son." And Sarah heard from the
entrance of the tent, and it was behind him.
Rashi
and it was behind him: The entrance was behind the angel.
Shows that the entrance to the tent (and Sarah was inside the entrance) was behind ...
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If one looks at the Hebrew of the letters of Hashem's name [in בּרכּת המזון in the section of יראו את] are exactly the same. The difference in translation is just some people arguing how it is spelled but it makes no difference.
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R. Samuel David Luzzato in his commentary to Isaiah 1:12 explains that the verses describing the pilgrimage were meant to be vowelized such that they would mean that the people come to see God, but the Masoretes (based on a tradition going back to the Second Temple Sages) "fixed" them so that the fools who can't understand the real meaning wouldn't think ...
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The Netziv in Haamek Davar Exodus 34:23 addresses this question. I believe it addresses both parts of the question:
את פני. ושם כתיב אל פני. דשם מיירי בשש שני עבודה והמון ישראל רחוקים ממנו ית׳ ובאים ברגל אל ה׳. אבל בשביעית גם בלי רגל כל איש ישראל אינו רחוק במחשבתו מעבודתו באשר הוא פנוי וכמש״כ לעיל כ״א. מש״ה ברגלים בא להוסיף דביקות ואהבת ה׳ מש״ה כתיב את פני. ...
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The Ark contained the Tablets and represents the idea of studying and observing Torah. The word “eifod” (אפד) has the numerical value of 85, which spells the word “peh” (פ=80, ה=5) — “mouth” — and is a hint for Torah Sheba’al Peh — the Oral Torah. With the plural expression, Hashem is alluding to the fact that both the Written and Oral Torah belong to Klal ...
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