A foolish, little voice inside of me whispers, "beshert."

But all the same it feels like a destination, with the emphasis on "destined," or beshert, as we say in Yiddish.

It's the word beshert: it's whatever is ordained.

"Beshert," I said confidently.

You will see in a minute or so why this was bashert.

Ms. Bashert said that is intentional: you are trading performance for the best possible fuel economy.

"Bashert" in the Jewish culture literally translates to "intended spouse" or a destined love that was meant to be.

Yet Bashert wasn’t always adored.

Ms. Bashert said it is best used when driving at extremely slow speeds, as in traffic jams or clogged parking lots after a concert.

My fall in Lithuania, in fact, had in the end almost seemed bashert - fated, in a positive sense.

The song title is also an important clue to the mystery in Lior Samson's debut novel, Bashert.

In Power mode, the car becomes lithe and fast — essentially because the car is shifted into a high gear, Ms. Bashert said.

Her husband, Michael Richards, also 52 and a media lawyer, explained that the name Bashert comes from the Yiddish word for soul mate or destiny.

The film ends with the wedding of Ariel and his bashert, Shayna Singer, which Emily watches from a distance.

Merson hopes that "Bashert" will cast a bright light on the more ethereal, less secular side of the Jewish faith and the community that it encompasses.

I couldn’t devise the gas mileage I got in Power, but Ms. Bashert said she is telling customers that it is least efficient mode.

In addition to keeping all 613 Mitzvot, he is waiting for his intended, or bashert, the daughter of a Paris rebbe whom he has not yet actually met.

There is also the ballad "Bashert (Meant To Be)" in which Gold incorporates his Jewish identity of having grown up as an orthodox Jew.

Bashert (Meant To Be) (Genny Random RMX)

My saleswoman at Dunning Toyota, Beth Bashert, told me Wednesday that the dealership, which got its first cars three weeks ago, has a waiting list of up to two months.

Actress Rita Merson Teams With Fylmar Productions to Shoot and Produce Jewish Themed Film 'Bashert'

Since it is considered to have been foreordained by God whom one will marry, one's spouse is considered to be one's bashert by definition, independent of whether the couple's marital life works out well or not.

In modern usage, Jewish singles will say that they are looking for their bashert, meaning they are looking for that person who will complement them perfectly and whom they will complement perfectly.

Charles tells Lane that Ana is his Bashert (soul mate) and that, according to Jewish law (although neither he nor Lane is Jewish), this means that their marriage is dissolved.

Merson says, "Bashert comments on the two approaches to falling in love; the resistance and the surrender through the lens of Jewish Spirituality, the story is New York, its romantic, its Bashert".

Michigan Equality was founded by activist Beth Bashert in 1999, following successful electoral campaign efforts in support of LGBT rights in 7 Michigan cities, including Ypsilanti, Kalamazoo, Traverse City, Huntington Woods, and others.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Rita Merson, an extensively trained and prolific actress and former New Yorker is returning to her home turf to shoot her first (short) film "Bashert".

Writing under the pen name Lior Samson, Constantine is the author of several critically acclaimed political thrillers, including Bashert, The Dome, Web Games, The Rosen Singularity, Chipset, which was a finalist for the 2014 Eric Hoffer Award, and Gasline.