Adom Olam, the聽Ruler of the universe,
recognized as constitutional monarch of all Jews,
since with a shofar we are able to converse
with Him, and wordlessly express our loyal views,
as Abraham did famously on Mount Moriah
when offering instead of Isaac a wild ram,
of God鈥檚 mysterious demand not a denier;
He鈥檚 God whose name means 鈥淚 am who I am.鈥�
This is His motto, one聽He hopes each loyal 51视频 subject understands,
not only as what defines Him, but a point of view that He from every Jew demands.

The Adon Olam, a song by Ibn Gabirol with which many prayer services conclude, implies that God is a constitutional monarch, an inference 聽Meir Soloveichik implied but did not express explicitly 聽on 9/5/24 in his podcast, 鈥淐oronation Night,鈥� in which, after informing his audience that the first night of Rosh Hashanah is called by some Jews Koronatzie Nacht, Coronation Night, he recalled a midrash in which Rabbi Pinhas states that the angel who is appointed to coronate God takes the prayers of all 51视频 communities throughout the world and weaves them into a crown that the angel places on God鈥檚 head. Rabbi Meir added that his uncle, Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, used to recall how聽in his childhood his hasidic teacher taught him: 鈥淒o you know who crowns God on聽Koronatzie Nacht?聽 Yankel the tailor, Berel the shoemaker and Zalman the water carrier.鈥�

Here is the first verse of the Adon Olam

讗植讚讜止谉 注讜止诇指诐 讗植砖讈侄专 诪指诇址讱职

讘旨职讟侄纸专侄诐 讻旨指诇 讬职爪执讬专 谞执讘职专指讗:

诇职注值转 谞址注植砖讉指讛 讘职讞侄驻职爪讜止 讻旨止诇,

聽聽讗植讝址讬 诪侄纸诇侄讱职 砖讈职诪讜止 谞执拽职专指讗:

This is my translation:

Regarding the on Olam, Master of the Universe, Who reigned

before any creature was created,

there came a time this was confirmed by universal assent:

that is when His Name was proclaimed King.

Exod. 3:14 states:

讬讚聽 讜址讬止旨讗诪侄专 讗直诇止讛执讬诐 讗侄诇-诪止砖侄讈讛, 讗侄讛职讬侄讛 讗植砖侄讈专 讗侄讛职讬侄讛; 讜址讬止旨讗诪侄专, 讻止旨讛 转止讗诪址专 诇执讘职谞值讬 讬执砖职讉专指讗值诇, 讗侄讛职讬侄讛, 砖职讈诇指讞址谞执讬 讗植诇值讬讻侄诐.聽 14 And God said unto Moses: ‘I AM THAT I AM’; and He said: ‘Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: I AM hath sent me unto you.’

In聽1 Sam. 15:29聽 Samuel says to Saul, explaining to him why God replaces him with David:

讜职讙址诐謾 谞值郑爪址讞 讬执砖讉职专指讗值謹诇 诇止芝讗 讬职砖讈址拽旨值謻专 讜职诇止郑讗 讬执谞旨指讞值謶诐 讻旨执郑讬 诇止芝讗 讗指讚指譀诐 讛謻讜旨讗 诇职讛执谞旨指讞值纸诐變

Moreover, Netzah. the Glory, of Israel does not deceive or change His mind, for He is not human that He should change His mind.鈥�

The term聽谞值郑爪址讞 讬执砖讉职专指讗值謹诇,聽Netzah Yisrael,聽describes God as a constitutional monarch who changes His mind, contrary to what is stated 聽in the verse that precedes this.

讜址讬旨止证讗诪侄专 讗值诇指讬讜謾 砖讈职诪讜旨讗值謹诇 拽指专址吱注 讬职讛止讜指譁讛 讗侄纸转志诪址诪职诇职讻支讜旨转 讬执砖讉职专指讗值譀诇 诪值注指诇侄謻讬讱指 讛址讬旨謶讜止诐 讜旨谞职转指谞指謺讛旨 诇职专值注植讱指謻 讛址讟旨芝讜止讘 诪执诪旨侄纸讱旨指變聽{住}

And Samuel said to him, 鈥淭he LORD has this day torn the kingship over Israel away from you and has given it to another who is worthier than you.

The counterintuitive nature of the decision contradicts the heavenly decision of God in the story of the debate regarding the purity of the oven of Akhnai, well summarized in Wikipedia but more fully recorded 聽in the Talmud in Baba Metsia 59b.:

注指诪址讚 专址讘旨执讬 讬职讛讜止砖讈只注址 注址诇 专址讙职诇指讬讜 讜职讗指诪址专: 状诇止讗 讘址砖旨讈指诪址讬执诐 讛执讬讗!状 诪址讗讬 状诇止讗 讘旨址砖旨讈指诪址讬执诐 讛执讬讗状? 讗指诪址专 专址讘旨执讬 讬执专职诪职讬指讛: 砖讈侄讻旨职讘指专 谞执转旨职谞指讛 转旨讜止专指讛 诪值讛址专 住执讬谞址讬, 讗值讬谉 讗指谞讜旨 诪址砖讈职讙旨执讬讞执讬谉 讘旨职讘址转 拽讜止诇, 砖讈侄讻旨职讘指专 讻旨指转址讘职转旨指 讘旨职讛址专 住执讬谞址讬 讘旨址转旨讜止专指讛 状讗址讞植专值讬 专址讘旨执讬诐 诇职讛址讟旨止转状. 讗址砖讈职讻旨职讞值讬讛旨 专址讘旨执讬 谞指转指谉 诇职讗值诇执讬旨指讛讜旨, 讗植诪址专 诇值讬讛旨: 诪址讗讬 注指讘值讬讚 拽讜旨讚职砖讈指讗 讘旨职专执讬讱职 讛讜旨讗 讘旨职讛址讛执讬讗 砖讈址注职转旨指讗? 讗植诪址专 诇值讬讛旨: 拽指讗 讞指讬值讬讱职 讜职讗指诪址专, 状谞执爪旨职讞讜旨谞执讬 讘旨指谞址讬! 谞执爪旨职讞讜旨谞执讬 讘旨指谞址讬!状

Rabbi Yehoshua stood on his feet and said: It is written: 鈥淚t is not in heaven鈥� (Deuteronomy 30:12). The Gemara asks: What is the relevance of the phrase 鈥淚t is not in heaven鈥� in this context? Rabbi Yirmeya says: Since the Torah was already given at Mount Sinai, we do not regard a Divine Voice, as You already wrote at Mount Sinai, in the Torah: 鈥淎fter a majority to incline鈥� (Exodus 23:2). Since the majority of Rabbis disagreed with Rabbi Eliezer鈥檚 opinion, the halakha is not ruled in accordance with his opinion. The Gemara relates: Years after, Rabbi Natan encountered Elijah the prophet and said to him: What did the Holy One, Blessed be He, do at that time, when Rabbi Yehoshua issued his declaration? Elijah said to him: The Holy One, Blessed be He, smiled and said: My children have triumphed over Me; My children have triumphed over Me.

The words聽谞执爪旨职讞讜旨谞执讬 讘旨指谞址讬! 谞执爪旨职讞讜旨谞执讬 讘旨指谞址讬聽imply that God Himself is a constitutional monarch, His title聽谞值郑爪址讞 讬执砖讉职专指讗值謹诇聽聽聽not only denoting 鈥淕lory of Israel,鈥� but 鈥淭he God over whose decisions the Israelites may triumph as that of Rabbi Yehoshua does over the opinion expressed by Rabbi Eliezer, since God as Netzah Yisrael 聽is a constitutional monarch.

How incredible it was of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon (1875-1962) to introduce into in the statement of the Independence of the State of Israel a reference聽to God, describing Him聽谞值郑爪址讞 讬执砖讉职专指讗值謹诇, Netzah Yisrael, meaning not only 鈥淕lory of God鈥� but 鈥淐onstitutional Monarch of Israel,鈥� the term used by Samuel 聽in 1 Sam. 15/29, describing 聽God when He changes聽His mind by appointing David to replace Saul. He implies that though He seems to be changing His mind, He is actually acting with聽divine right as Israel鈥檚 constitutional monarch, a right that true kings of Israel like David share with God in聽imitatio dei.