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"One kid. One kid. That daddy bought for two zuzim. One
kid. One kid"
Before the beginning of all things, Hashem reigned alone.
His is the first Kingdom. Avraham Avinu is the gadya that
'Daddy' (Hashem) 'bought' for two zuzim. When you buy
something it implies that the money you give is equal the
acquisition that you receive. Avraham Avinu is weighed
against the two gold zuzim of heaven and earth - the

entire creation - because it was Avraham who first
recognized his Creator. Avraham thus became both the
foundation of creation and its purpose - that man should
recognize his Creator.

"And came the cat and ate the kid that daddy bought for
two zuzim. One kid. One kid."

Then came the cat - the shunra. The second kingdom is
Babylon. Nimrod's capital where he built the tower of
Babylon was in the valley of 'shinar'. The motivation for
that tower came from a soneh ra - 'an evil hater'- Nimrod
who hated Hashem and his representative on this world
Avraham Avinu. Nimrod came and 'ate' the gadya -
Avraham Avinu. He threw him into the consuming fire of a
fiery furnace. When Avraham miraculously emerged, he

emerged as a new creation.

"And came the dog and bit the cat that ate the kid etc."
"As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool to his folly."
There can be no greater example of a fool returning to his
folly than Pharaoh, King of Egypt. Despite all the plagues
of Egypt, Pharaoh repeated his mistake over and over

again. The calba - the dog - is the symbol of the third
kingdom, the kingdom of Egypt which 'bit' the cat of
Babylon. It overshadowed and outshone the kingdom of
Babylon, even though there was never a direct military
confrontation. Thus it only 'bit' but didn't 'eat'.

"And came the stick and hit the dog etc."
The stick is the staff of Hashem that Moshe used to 'hit'
the Egyptians. This was the staff that turned into a snake

and ate all the staffs of the Egyptian sorcerers. This was
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