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Pesikta d'Rav Kahana 12:6

 

פסיקתא דרב כהנא יב:ו

Original Text:

ואתם עדיי נאם ה' ואני אל. תני ר' שמע' בן יוחי אם אתם עדי נאם ה', אני אל, ואם אין אתם עדיי כביכול אין אני ה'.

Translation:

“You are my witnesses, and I am God” (Isaiah 43:12) Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai taught, “Only when you are my witnesses, I am God, but when you are not my witnesses, it is as if I am not God.”
[AJWS translation]

Suggested Discussion Questions:

1. What does this text ask us to witness?
2. If one does not advocate on behalf of another, what happens to their relationship?

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