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  Itche -5 years ago

  s there a tsad hashove between 

  "tofsoy bebegdoy" Hashem to Yerovom

  and "tofsoy bebegdoy" Patifar wife and Yosef

   

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  Itche -5 years ago

  last few minutes of shiur

  just an idea came to mind

  as u explained the difference between Rochovom and Yerovom 

  corruption of Yehuda (bitul) and corruption Yosef (growth)

  to some extend Tzar Alexandr (Russia) is more like Rochovom and Napoleon is more like Yerovom

  Alter Rebbe  supported Russia while other Chasidim of Mazriche Maggid supported Napoleon   

  let me know what u think

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  Odom Silverstein -7 years ago

  a summary:
  Like a cedar tree tall and strong
  My life is an expression of my song
  Constant growth higher ever still
  Expressing my passion my deep inner will
  All of my talents all of my dreams
  Form the walls made of tall cedar beams
  My sanctuary a place for Hashem to rest
  Built on drawing out from in my best
  Yet some days are bleak my passion does wane
  Sometimes I must push through darkness and pain
  And that is when the yoke of heaven I bear
  Mistakenly translated by many as fear
  In reality an awareness, there’s a mission at hand
  And that is when from myself I demand
  Subservience to the goal to the values I know true
  The core of my being what makes me a Jew.
  And even when I am strong growing taller than tall
  I must stay controlled lest I tumble and fall,
  And self-actualization self-worship does become
  As we have seen with our king Yeravum.
  Yet there is a goal even higher than full expression of me
  On that great awesome day when all will see
  That I can be all of me and not be at all
  Like a limb to a mind heeding a call
  I perform with passion mighty and strong
  No longer as a singer but as an instrument of song
  The building built from this place is one that will endure
  Strong steady stones silent and secure
  Two kings become one in unity at last
  Disparity and dispersion a thing of the past
  Hashem is one and that oneness will be no longer be concealed
  May we speedily merit seeing it revealed.

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