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   by litre 3y ago

   For the word on its own? Absolutely. Even in the bible we find instances of variations of להחזיק used in the meaning "to strengthen" (as seen in Nehemiah 3, for example). In this specific instance, however, it's used as part
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   by litre 3y ago

   I just did a search (using https://tablet.otzar.org , as I don't currently have access to my academic resources), and I couldn't find an instance where this specific phrase (להחזיק יד, and its variants. My search query
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   by litre 3y ago

   Can you elaborate which "last point" you're referring to? I'm not sure how the Ezekiel reference contradicts anything I wrote.
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   by litre 3y ago

   The prayer book in this article is most likely a book with liturgical prayers. The text that the article discusses was just written on a leaf in that book (likely one of the opening or ending ones). It's quite common to find in books o
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   by litre 3y ago

   Not necessarily. The relevant part in the text reads >> [...] טעונין בר ולחם ומזון ויין להחזיק יד עני ואביון ולכל איש אשר יחסר לו [...] לְהַחֲזִיק literally means "to hold", though in some contexts (especially in older texts