תפילה

לעולם יהא אדם

• A person should always be god fearing in private.
• He should acknowledge the truth and speak truth in his heart.
• Let him arise early and say:

רבון כל העולמים

• "Master of all worlds, we are not presenting our own
• Supplication to you because we rely on our own
• Righteousness, but, because of your abundant mercies.
• Of what are we? Of what worth are our lives,
• our kindness, our righteousness, our strength and our might.

OUR MERITS ARE LIMITED

• So we can't reach such high levels of אלקות
• Therefore, we ask hashem on his own initiative
• Because he transcends all limits

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• What can we say before You, God, Our Lord, and the God of our fathers
• Are not all mighty men as nothing before you?
• Are not the men of renown as if they've never been,
• And the wise men as if bereft of knowledge, and the men of understanding

As if without Intillect, for most of their deeds are empty,

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• The superiority of men over animals is naught, for
• everything is worthless, except for the pure soul that will ultimately
• Give an account and reckoning before the throne of your glory
• All the nations are as nothing before you as is written:

"AFTER ALL NATIONS ARE CONSIDERED LIKE A DROP FROM A BUCKET,

אבל אנחנו

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• But, we are your nation, the people of your covenant, the descendants
• Of Avraham who loves you. To whom you swore on Mt. Moriah
• The offspring of Yitzchak his only son, who was bound on the altar
• And the congregation of Yaakov your son, your firstborn, whom you
• Named Yeshurun, out of your love for him and delight for him

THE NAMES OF YAAKOV

• 1) yaakov represents deception
• He's able to accept Eisavs brocho.
• 2) yisroel- higher, didn't need brocho from יצחק
• Because it was clear that he's befitting it

THE NAMES IN DIVINE SERVICE

• Yaakov- wears Eisavs clothes and does mundane things
• On the inside, though, he's aware that everything is for ה׳
• And he's elevating it.
• Yisroel- doesn't need to conceal, physicality doesn't affect him
• He only needs to deal with spiritual.

BOTH RELATE TO LEVELS OF אלקות

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• 3) Yeshurun- is derived from the word sheer
• Which means a circular collar, a circle is infinite
• No start or end, it's all equal;
• So too, בנ״י are all united and the same.

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• Yeshurun represents סובב כל עלמין
• It transcends all worlds.

לפיכך

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• Therefore, we are obligated to thankfully acknowledge,
• Praise, and glorify you and to bless, sanctify,
• And give praise and thankful acknowledgement to your name

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• WE ARE FORTUNATE!
• How good is our portion,
• How pleasant is our lot,
• And how beautiful is our inheritance

A DEEPER EXPLANATION:

• How good is our portion that we labor in divine service
• With our hearts, how pleasant is our lot that we labor in
• Divine service with our minds, and how beautiful is our
• Inheritance to be able to appreciate and sense godliness
• In all beings and to make a dwelling place for ה׳.

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• Fortunate are we that upon rising in the morning,
• And again in the evening.
• We declare two times a day, evening and and morning:

שמע

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