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The One

In my youth
My eyes beheld
Realities to the millions --
As my wisdom ripened
I saw them as three:
You, the world, and me

Still contemplating
I perceived
The world
From your radiance is but a ray
Leaving but two:
I, and You

I searched
The depths of my heart
And found my life
But a glitter of your light
And behold:
You are one alone

From the Hebrew by Yanki Tauber, orginally published by www.chabad.org.

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Miknaf Ha'aretz

• The All-Inclusive (p. 8)

• Through Tranquility and Turmoil (p. 10)

• The Authors of the Tosfos (p. 12)

• A Prayer in the wee Hours (p. 13)

• Freedom of Choice (p. 16)

• The Spark That Shall Never Die (p. 20)

• The Luminaries of the Generation (p. 25)

• Eternity (p. 37)

• The Memory of the Souls (p. 38)

• The Cry of the Holy Sparks (p. 46)

• Is This Man? (p. 52)

• Tear (p. 77)

• The Ascent of the Tzaddik (p. 89)

• The Dejected's Prayer (p. 96)

• Night (p. 120)

• The Heights of the Holy (p. 144)

• A Story About a Prince (p. 152)