Midrash for Genesis 22:5

From whom did the priests receive the privilege of pronouncing the blessing over Israel? R. Eleazer the son of Azariah said: They received this privilege from Jacob, concerning whom it is written: And the lad will go yonder(koh) (Gen. 22:5). The word koh is also contained in the words spoken by Moses to the priests, as it is said: Thus (koh) shall ye bless (Num. 6:22). The rabbis maintained: They obtained this right at the time of the giving of the Torah, since it is said there: Thus (koh) shalt thou say to the house of Jacob (Exod. 19:3).

R. Juda said: "Whoever lives in Babylonia is considered as if he lives in the land of Israel, as it is said (Zach. 3, 11) Ho, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon." Said Abaye: "We have a tradition that those who live in Babylonia will never experience the troubles of the Messanic days."' This was explained to refer to the town Huzal, of Benjamin, and the place is called the corner of refuge. R. Elazar said: "The dead outside of the land of Israel will not survive; for it is said (Ez. 26, 20) But I will bestow glory in the land of life; i.e., the land in which my glory is bestowed shall cause to revive its dead, but the land in which my glory is not bestowed will not revive its dead." R. Abba b. Mammal raised the following objection: (Is. 26, 19) Thy dead shall live, my dead shall arise. Does not thy dead shall live, refer to the dead of the land of Israel, and my dead bodies shall arise, refer to the dead outside of the land of Israel? And as to the meaning of the above passage (Is. 25 20) But I will bestow glory in the land of life, we may say that it refers to Nebuchadnezzar, as the Torah means to say: "I will cause a king to rule upon them as lenient as a deer." Whereupon R. Elazar replied to R. Abba: "I have another passage from which I infer the above (Ib. 43, 5) He that giveth breath unto people upon it, and spirit to those that walk thereon." If so, then what of the above passage, But I will bestow glory in the land of life? We must therefore say that the first passage refers to miscarriage. But R. Abba b. Mammal, who infers it from the previous passage, what will he do with the last passage, He that giveth breath unto people upon it? He will explain it as R. Abahu did, for R. Abahu said: "Even a Shifcha Kna'anith living in the land of Israel is assured to be one who will inherit the future world, for it is written here, Unto people (L'am) upon it; and again it is written (Gen. 22, 5) Abide ye here with (im) the ass; which means a people [Am] who are like the ass." And spirit to those that walk thereon. R. Jeremiah b. Abba in the name of R. Jochanan said: "This means that whoever walks four cubits upon the soil of the land of Israel is assured that he will be one to inherit the future world." But is it indeed so according to the story of R. Elazar, that all the righteous who died outside of the land of Israel will not revive? Said R. Illai: "They will revive, but they will be subject to rolling under the ground for resurrection in the Holy land:" The senior R. Abba Salla raised the following objection: "Behold, such rolling will cause pain to the righteous." Said Abaye: "Underground passages will be made for them through which they will walk, [until they will reach the land of Israel]."

אֱלִישֶׁבַע בַּת עֲמִינָדָב....Elisheva bat Aminadav did not have joy in the world. she witnessed 'five crowns' in one day: her brother-in-law (Moshe) was a king, her brother (Nachshon) was a prince, her husband (Aron) was a Kohen Gadol, her two sons were both Deputy Kohanim, Pinchas her grandson was a war priest. But when her sons entered to draw near (to Gd) they were burnt, her joy was turned to mourning. as it is written, "after the death of the two sons of Aaron." Vayikra 16:1