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והנה על מילת הערלה ממש, כתיב: ומלתם את ערלת לבבכם, אתם בעצמכםNow, concerning the excision of the foreskin itself it is written: “And you — yourselves — shall excise the foreskin of your heart.”

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וכן כל ניצוץ פרטי מהשכינה שבנפש כל אחד מישראלSimilarly, every particular spark of the Shechinah, inherent in the soul of every individual Jew,יוצאת מהגלות והשביה לפי שעה

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אך מודעת זאת כי אתערותא דלעילא היא באתערותא דלתתא דוקאBut it is well known that an arousal from above comes only in response to an arousal from below,A man’s soul is stimulated from above only in

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וזהו: צדק לפניו יהלךIn these terms, too, we can understand the meaning of [the above-quoted phrase], “Righteousness (or charity) shall go (yehaleich) before Him (lefanav).”לפניו הוא מלשון

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ויעש דוד שם“And David made a name.” ” 1The simple meaning of the verse is either (as Rashi