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[HANASHIR:6285] [Fwd: Da Lifnei]

Hello You All,
    I couln't resist a good puzzle, so I asked Jill Higgins about Da
Lifney, since she has written a MAGNIFICENT choral setting for it.  Her
rabbi put it out on the rabbinate online list.  ( Smart rabbi!)
So, from one list to another, Shabbat Shalom,
Marsha Fensin
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Marsha,
 Our Rabbi put out the Da Lifnei quest to the rabbinate online! Got 3 
responses today!
1) verb singular--Otzar HaMidrashim Eliezar 20:18
     verb plural--Barakhot 28b
     Fred Davidow

2) It is based upon a statement in tractate Sanhedrin 19a, which states, "You 
do not stand before us, but rather do you stand before He who spoke and the 
world existed."
  Micky Boyden

3) Years ago, I assumed it was Talmudic. However, after going through all of 
the pre-computer concordances, the closest I found was, "Da lifnay mi ata 
o-meil"!
 The earliest source in a midrash found in Judah David Eisenstadt"s anthology 
of ancient aphorisms, Otzar HaMidrashim, New York, 1925, page 27. The full 
statement makes its placement on the Aron Hakodesh more meaningful...."My 
son, when you enter the presence of your Maker, enter with fear and awe and 
when you pray, know before Whom you stand."
 Moshe Zemer

Interesting?!
 L'Shalom,
 Jill

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