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Sefer HaMiddot, Zealousness

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א. עַל־יְדֵי זְרִיזוּת זוֹכֶה לִהְיוֹת רוֹעֶה נֶאֱמָן, וְסִימָן לַדָּבָר: לֵךְ אֶל נְ'מָ'לָ'ה' עָצֵל, וּכְתִיב: מִשָׁ'ם רוֹעֶ'ה אֶבֶ'ן יִשְׂרָאֵ'ל.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

When a person is zealous, he merits becoming a faithful leader. This is alluded to in the verse, “Go to the NeMaLaH(ant) you lazy one” (Proverbs 6:6). NeMaLaH is written with the last letters of “mi’shaM ro’eH eveNyisraeL (from then on he became a shepherd, a builder in Israel)” (Genesis 49:24).