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Jewish prayer "Next year in rebuilt Jerusalem": Passover Haggadah printed on stencil paper , published by the Jewish Brigade , Naples , 1945. L'Shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim ( Hebrew : לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בִּירוּשָלָיִם , lit. ' Next year in Jerusalem ' ), is a phrase that is often sung at the end of the Passover Seder and - in the Eastern Asheknazic rite - at the end of the Ne'ila service on Yom Kippur . Its use during Passover was first recorded by Isaac Tyrnau in his 15th century CE book cataloging the accepted tradition ( minhaggim ) of various Ashkenazi communities . L'Shana Haba'ah evokes a common theme in Jewish culture of a desire to return to a rebuilt Jerusalem , and commentators have suggested that it serves as a reminder of the experience of living in exile.
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Jewish prayer L'Shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim ( ), lit. " Next year in Jerusalem ", is a phrase that is often sung at the end of the Passover Seder and at the end of the Ne'ila service on Yom Kippur . Its use during Passover was first recorded by Isaac Tyrnau in his 15th century CE book cataloging the Minhaggim of various Ashkenazi communities . L'Shana Haba'ah evokes a common theme in Jewish culture of a desire to return to a rebuilt Jerusalem , and commentators have suggested that it serves as a reminder of the experience of living in exile.
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phrase that is often sung at the end of the passover seder and at the end of the ne'ila service on yom kippur
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phrase that is often sung at the end of the passover seder and - in the eastern ashkenazic rite - at the end of
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