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Tech/Engineering - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | Hebrew term or phrase: Mayim Achronim | | Found on a wishing well. |
| | | Literal Translation: "Last Water" | Explanation:
When religious Jews eat a meal that contains bread, they wash they perform a ritual washing of their hands and say a special blessing.
After a meal that contains bread, they say a long Praise after Meal. After finishing the meal and before they say that Praise, a small cup with a little bowl of water is handed around the table, and every adult person spills a few drops of it unto his hands and rubs them. This water is called mayim ahronim, literally translated as Last Water.
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I now see that you saw it written on a wishing well. I have no idea what it could mean there. Since the word \"last\" also refers to something that happens before death, it may have something to do with that. But I have only heard of it in the context above. |
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