Bar’chu et
YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed! Baruch ata YHVH Elohim
melech ha-olam asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim, v’na-tan lanu eht Torah-to.
Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Bless YHVH the blessed One; Blessed is YHVH, the blessed
One for all eternity. Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe,
you have selected us from among all the peoples,
and have given us Your Torah. Blessed are YHVH our Elohim
– Giver of the Torah – Amein.’)
Romans 11:22 The Message (MSG)
21-22 If YHVH didn’t think twice
about taking pruning shears to the natural branches, why would he hesitate over
you? He wouldn’t give it a second thought. Make sure you stay alert to these
qualities of gentle kindness and ruthless severity that exist side by side in YHVH—ruthless
with the deadwood, gentle with the grafted shoot. But don’t presume on this
gentleness. The moment you become deadwood, you’re out of there.