Psalm Twenty-Three

I. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want (Ps. 23:1). These words are to be considered in the light of the verse My Beloved is mine, and I am His: He feedeth His flock among the lilies (Song 2:16), by which is meat that the congregation of Israel said to the Holy One, blessed be He: As He is God to me, so am I people to Him. As He is God to me, having said: I am the Lord thy God (Ex. 20:2), so am I His people to Him, He having said: Attend קשב unto me, O My people (Isa. 51:4).

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For length of days (ibid.) - for time never-ending, that is, life in the world-to-come.

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All’interno del libro [esemplare consultato nella biblioteca di Gershom Scholem presso la Biblioteca nazionale di Gerusalemme], vol. I, quattro paginette scritte a macchina:

William G. Braude, Providence, Rhode Island

Rosh Hashanah, 5726
September 21, 1965

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