Less More
First we are not
Then we belong to —
Sequence of
Approach
Bittul
We become
Little
We become
Yours
When first
We diminish.
I am Yours
When I am less —
Less first,
Then
More.
*From Psalm 100:3.
Know that Hashem is G*d, Who has made us, and not we ourselves
[Ketiv: Septuagint and Vulgate]
Or: we belong to Hashem [Keri: Targum].
Read the variations backwards and we get Elul
Hebraists: First we diminish [lo with alef],
then we draw close [lo as pronoun].
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