Judaism gives no set interpretation of this unity, but there are several popular theories. One school of thought declares it to be the unity of the fathers of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Another thought is that the unity represents the unity of worship in Israel, that is, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the congregation. A third idea is that it is the unity of crowns—the crown of learning, the crown of the priesthood, and the crown of kingship. Another Jewish source explains that two of
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