about the New Year blessing
Guys, I want to ask the phrase regarding the New year blessing.

גמר כְּתִיבָה וחֲתִימָה טובה

I don’t understand this phrase well, especially wondering what the first word means. ‘end’?, or‘completion’?..

The other portion, I translated like this.

‘writing and good signature’?

So please explain.

Question

about the New Year blessing
Guys, I want to ask the phrase regarding the New year blessing.

גמר כְּתִיבָה וחֲתִימָה טובה

I don’t understand this phrase well, especially wondering what the first word means. ‘end’?, or‘completion’?..

The other portion, I translated like this.

‘writing and  good signature’?

So please explain.

Answer

古代ユダヤ人の伝承です。It is an old Jewish belief. In a way, it is similar to 年越し蕎麦. The belief is that the angels keep a book with the names of those who will continue to live a good life in the coming year.

Your name is written (כְּתִיבָה) in the book, and then at the end of the year, it is sealed (חֲתִימָה=印章).
 
So the meaning of this greeting is "May your name be written and sealed in the good (book)."

Answer

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur

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