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Yochanan 10:11-21

Yochanan 10:11-21 TOJB2011

I am the Ro'eh HaTov (the Good Shepherd). The Ro'eh HaTov lays down his neshamah for the tzon. The gedungener, the one who is not the Ro'eh — the hireling, the one to whom the tzon does not belong — this hireling sees the ze'ev (wolf) coming and abandons the tzon and runs for his life and the ze'ev seizes them and scatters them. This happens because he is a hireling and the tzon means nothing to him. Ani Hu the Ro'eh HaTov, and I have da'as of my tzon and my tzon has da'as of me. Just as HaAv has da'as of me and I have da'as of HaAv, so I lay down my neshamah for the tzon. And another tzon I have which is not of this mikhla (fold); those also it is necessary for me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and they will become eder echad with Ro'eh echad (One flock with one Shepherd). Therefore, HaAv has ahavah for me, because I lay down my neshamah that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have samchut (authority) to lay it down, and I have samchut to receive it again. This mitzvah I received from HaAv of me. There was a machloket (division of dissension) again among those of Yehudah, because of these devarim of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. And many of them were saying, He has a shed (demon), and He is meshuga — why do you listen to him? Others said, These devarim are not of one being possessed of shedim. Surely a shed (demon) is not able to open the eyes of an ivver (blind man)?

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