88) \u201cAnd Israel saw the sons of Joseph and said, \u2018Who are these?\u2019\u201d meaning \u201cWho bore those to me?\u201d The text wishes to say that Israel below saw that the sons of Israel would come before him, when they come \u201cFrom Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamat, and from the islands of the sea,\u201d and they will all gather and be a great many people. And the Shechina will say, \u201cWho are all these? Is there no fault in them from foreign sons?\u201d And they will tell him, \u201cAll of us are of your sons. There is not a foreign son among us,\u201d since they parted from each other, meaning the mixed multitude will part from Israel and they will circumcise together and convert, and the strangers will return with Israel and they will be together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
89) \u201cAnd the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel.\u201d When the sons return to their land and there is love in them, \u201cThe Lord will be one and His name One.\u201d At that time, strangers will connect to Israel and will be as barnacle in their flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
90) Why are they as barnacle? Rabbi Shimon said that it concerns the boundaries of the land, since everyone will want to live in the land of Israel, and the tenants will appear outside the border. It is written about it, \u201cAnd strengthen your pegs,\u201d which means that the pegs that were with you before, at the time of exile, strengthen them and fix them more than all the other nations, seemingly as you saw fit to strengthen them while you were among all the other nations, in exile among the nations, and the strangers will be many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The only difference between Israel and the nations is in Israel\u2019s grip on the middle line, which limits the level of the left and unites it with the right line, which is the boundary of Israel. But the rest of the nations grip to the left line and have no desire for the middle line. At the end of correction, the boundary of this screen will expand from the level of MA (45) to the level of AB (72). And then it is written, \u201cEnlarge the place of your tent … lengthen your cords,\u201d since the boundary of Israel will expand from the level of MA to the level of AB. And this is why the verse ends, \u201cAnd strengthen your pegs,\u201d meaning the boundaries, because it is written, \u201cFor you shall spread to the right and to the left, and your seed shall inherit the nations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The gentiles that will convert and live in the land of Israel should be feared that they will breach the boundary entirely and will not wish to take upon themselves the great screen of AB, since their root is not of the seed of Israel. This is why the pegs should be strengthened, meaning the boundaries, since the tent-peg creates a boundary across the tent, as it is written, \u201cAnd strengthen your pegs, for you shall spread to the right and to the left, and your seed shall inherit the nations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hence, they said about the boundaries of the land that this is the reason why the strangers are regarded as barnacle due to the boundaries of the land. It is so because at that time, everyone will want to dwell in the land of Israel, meaning that all the strangers from all the nations will come and sit in the land of Israel, as it is written, \u201cFor you shall spread to the right and to the left, and your seed shall inherit the nations.\u201d Thus, the strangers will breach the boundaries of the land and will be seen outside the border, due to the root of their fathers, who have no desire for any boundaries. This is why it is written, \u201cAnd strengthen your pegs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the reason it is said that the pegs who were with you before, at the time of the exile, strengthen them and fix them more than all the other nations. They should strengthen the border to be strong so that the rest of the nations do not breach it. And the reason why he speaks of the pegs that were with you before is that at the end of correction, they will not have the coarseness to raise MAN for a screen and a boundary. Hence, then they will need to use the coarseness that they had had before to raise MAN for a screen and a boundary, for they seemingly need to strengthen the pegs, the screens, as when they were in exile among the other nations. This is so because after the end of correction they will not have sufficient coarseness for a screen and will need to use the coarseness that they had during the exile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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