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There is a popular song some of whose lyrics are "הקדוש ברוך הוא אנחנו אוהבים אותך". Does anyone have a source — besides some recent lyricist — for these words precisely, or a source for any instance of "הקדוש ברוך הוא" (preferably, or its Aramaic counterpart "קודשא בריך הוא") being used with a second- (or first-) person pronoun (or verb)? All the examples of "הקדוש ברוך הוא" (or "קודשא בריך הוא") that I can think of use third-person pronouns and verbs.

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    According to some Web page, the lyrics are of unknown [and seemingly recent] authorship, popularized in Uman. I have no idea whether that's correct, though.
    – msh210 ♦
    Dec 30, 2011 at 2:24
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    R. Yehoshua Mondshine, in a footnote to an essay on the Baal Hatanya's siddur [published in Hasiddur (ed. R. Gedaliah Oberlander, Monsey: Heichal Menachem, 2003), p. 109], states flatly that "the popular slogan, 'Hakadosh baruch hu, we love You' did not come from a Jewish source, as is well known." However, he doesn't give any further details.
    – Alex
    Dec 30, 2011 at 20:31
  • @Alex, that's an answer (in the negative) to my question, "Does anyone have a source — besides some recent lyricist — for these words precisely", and (IMO) worth posting as one.
    – msh210 ♦
    Feb 16, 2012 at 20:41
  • Just pointing out that switching from third to second person in reference to God in not unheard of (e.g. "לַיהוָה הַיְשׁוּעָה עַל עַמְּךָ בִרְכָתֶךָ סֶּלָה")
    – jake
    Mar 29, 2012 at 4:21

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There is no "source" for this phrase. These are the words of a Breslev chasid that he spontaneously yelled after Tashlich in Uman about 10 years ago.

"Source": This article

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  • @DoubleAA link works for me
    – ertert3terte
    Apr 19, 2012 at 23:14
  • @ShmuelBrin For me it's just giving me lots of funny looking characters instead of Hebrew letters. Maybe it's my browser? That would be odd because the Hebrew in the google cache renders just fine. Well, if it's just my issue then feel free to edit in the original link.
    – Double AA ♦
    Apr 19, 2012 at 23:16
  • @DoubleAA try changing encoding settings.
    – ertert3terte
    Apr 19, 2012 at 23:19
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    @DoubleAA The encoding is "Hebrew (Windows-1255)" and not UTF-8
    – ertert3terte
    Apr 20, 2012 at 0:42
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The Shefa Chaim brings a story regarding the Baal Shem Tov where he visited a shepard who said רבש״ע אני כל כך אוהב אותך.

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  • But I was asking specifically about הקדוש ברוך הוא.
    – msh210 ♦
    Jan 17, 2012 at 20:57
  • to me it seamed that you were asking about the Otcha or Oto.
    – Gershon Gold
    Jan 17, 2012 at 21:04
  • Yes, but specifically as it refers back to Hashem as referred to by the term הקדוש ברוך הוא (or קודשא בריך הוא).
    – msh210 ♦
    Jan 17, 2012 at 21:06

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