Some people can name their price;<\/p>\n
Others can price their names\u2026<\/p>\n
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We here shall do neither:<\/p>\n
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Our names are priceless<\/p>\n
And our prices shall remain<\/p>\n
Nameless<\/p>\n
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Instead let us talk of names:<\/p>\n
Their character, personality<\/p>\n
And reason<\/p>\n
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As any fence can attest, the<\/p>\n
Human Being loves to straddle \u2013<\/p>\n
That is: man can never resist placing<\/p>\n
One foot on the platform while the other<\/p>\n
Reaches for the train and if I were an anthropologist<\/p>\n
(And who isn\u2019t?) I\u2019d venture to say it\u2019s because we fear<\/p>\n
Leaving the static comfort of today for the dynamic<\/p>\n
Possibility of tomorrow<\/p>\n
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But the Torah, which inspires these words, is alive,<\/p>\n
Constantly in motion, helping us grow, moving us<\/p>\n
Onward, ensuring our present aspiration never becomes<\/p>\n
Our future prison<\/p>\n
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So, as we straddle any chain-link, barbwire or even electric<\/p>\n
The words of truth constantly pushes us off and turns us on to<\/p>\n
Something more \u2013 while a world tries to create a fence, a barrier<\/p>\n
Between what is body and what is soul, between what is who we are<\/p>\n
And how we express ourselves, the Torah bridges the gap, and with<\/p>\n
Every mitzvah, connection, the gap between what we believe and what<\/p>\n
We do is full-filled, the barrier greatly dividing the potential of our purity<\/p>\n
And the action of our flesh is torn down, recycled and turned into a bridge.<\/p>\n
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And it begins now, in Egypt, in the land of borders:<\/p>\n
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And these are the names
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Of the Children of Israel
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Who were coming to Egypt<\/i><\/p>\n
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Egypt, a place of differences, where<\/p>\n
The possibility for disconnect, hate<\/p>\n
And anger is very real and the love<\/p>\n
And unity most difficult to come by \u2013<\/p>\n
You see, in Egypt, when one looks<\/p>\n
At his brother he sees a different body<\/p>\n
With a different face and a different name;<\/p>\n
In Egypt one can very easily be blind to the<\/p>\n
Soul which unites us all and binds us together.<\/p>\n
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These are the names<\/i><\/p>\n
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Souls are never exiled, be it in Egypt<\/p>\n
Of then or Egypt of today; souls by<\/p>\n
Definition are in constant connect\u2026<\/p>\n
It is merely the names, the expressions,<\/p>\n
The body with which one relates to another,<\/p>\n
That is imprisoned in a state of unawareness<\/p>\n
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The challenge is for name recognition and name tags,<\/p>\n
Knowing our names, how we relate to the outside world,<\/p>\n
Is just as divine as our souls, how we relate to the inside<\/p>\n
World<\/p>\n
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And this is the purpose of Egypt in the first place:<\/p>\n
Going down into the confines so that we can turn<\/p>\n
Them into expansion, the names descending down<\/p>\n
Low so that they reflect how they too are really high<\/p>\n
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Names aren\u2019t who we are;<\/p>\n
They merely reflect who we are<\/p>\n
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And we inspire for the<\/p>\n
Two to walk hand in hand:<\/p>\n
The soul reflected in the name<\/p>\n
The name reflecting the soul<\/p>\n
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These are the names<\/i><\/p>\n
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Names plural:<\/p>\n
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Regarding the soul, essence we are one;<\/p>\n
Regarding our names, expressions we are plural \u2013<\/p>\n
We each express ourselves in our own unique way.<\/p>\n
The purpose is to use our names, each our particular<\/p>\n
Expressions to convey the unity that is our soul \u2013<\/p>\n
When that happens we arise out of Egypt unified<\/p>\n
Mind, body and soul<\/p>\n
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Hey, that\u2019s the name game;<\/p>\n
You gonna be a player?<\/p>\n