(I) LETTER OF SHIM'ON KEFA TO THE KEHILLAH 1

23 You have been given a new birth,*1:23 Yn 3:3 not from perishable zerah (seed), but zerah that is without shachat*1:23 Ps 16:1 (corruption), through the Dvar Hashem who is Chai v’Nitzav l’Olam (living and remaining firm forever).