Midrash sobre Deuteronómio 5:4
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Shir HaShirim Rabbah
“My beloved is like a gazelle or a fawn; behold, he is standing behind our wall, gazing from the windows, peering through the lattice” (Song of Songs 2:9).
“My beloved [dodi] is like a gazelle,” Rabbi Yitzḥak said: The congregation of Israel said before the Holy One blessed be He, ‘Master of the universe, You said to us: Come, come [deyu deyu]. You come to us first.’
“My beloved is like a gazelle,” just as this gazelle leaps from mountain to mountain, from valley to valley, from tree to tree, from booth to booth, and from fence to fence, so too, the Holy One blessed be He leapt from Egypt to the sea, and from the sea to Sinai, and from Sinai to the future. In Egypt they saw Him, as it is stated: “I will pass through the land of Egypt” (Exodus 12:12). At the sea they saw Him, as it is stated: “Israel saw the great hand…” (Exodus 14:31); “this is my God and I will exalt Him” (Exodus 15:2). At Sinai they saw Him, as it is written: “The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain” (Deuteronomy 5:4), and it is written: “The Lord came from Sinai” (Deuteronomy 33:2).
“Or a fawn,” Rabbi Yosei bar Ḥanina said: Like the offspring of a hind. “Behold, he is standing behind our wall,” behind our wall at Sinai. That is what is written: “For on the third day the Lord will descend” (Exodus 19:11). “Gazing through the window,”—“the Lord descended upon Mount Sinai to the top of the mountain” (Exodus 19:20). “Peering through the lattice,”—“God spoke all these matters” (Exodus 20:1);102The phrase “gazing through the window, peering through the lattice” is understood to mean that God seeks to establish a connection with Israel. The midrash asserts that this was done through the giving of the Torah. “my beloved spoke up, and he said to me” (Song of Songs 2:10)—what did He say to me? “I am the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:2).
“My beloved [dodi] is like a gazelle,” Rabbi Yitzḥak said: The congregation of Israel said before the Holy One blessed be He, ‘Master of the universe, You said to us: Come, come [deyu deyu]. You come to us first.’
“My beloved is like a gazelle,” just as this gazelle leaps from mountain to mountain, from valley to valley, from tree to tree, from booth to booth, and from fence to fence, so too, the Holy One blessed be He leapt from Egypt to the sea, and from the sea to Sinai, and from Sinai to the future. In Egypt they saw Him, as it is stated: “I will pass through the land of Egypt” (Exodus 12:12). At the sea they saw Him, as it is stated: “Israel saw the great hand…” (Exodus 14:31); “this is my God and I will exalt Him” (Exodus 15:2). At Sinai they saw Him, as it is written: “The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain” (Deuteronomy 5:4), and it is written: “The Lord came from Sinai” (Deuteronomy 33:2).
“Or a fawn,” Rabbi Yosei bar Ḥanina said: Like the offspring of a hind. “Behold, he is standing behind our wall,” behind our wall at Sinai. That is what is written: “For on the third day the Lord will descend” (Exodus 19:11). “Gazing through the window,”—“the Lord descended upon Mount Sinai to the top of the mountain” (Exodus 19:20). “Peering through the lattice,”—“God spoke all these matters” (Exodus 20:1);102The phrase “gazing through the window, peering through the lattice” is understood to mean that God seeks to establish a connection with Israel. The midrash asserts that this was done through the giving of the Torah. “my beloved spoke up, and he said to me” (Song of Songs 2:10)—what did He say to me? “I am the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:2).
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Bamidbar Rabbah
An idolater asked Rabban Gamliel, "Why was the Holy One, Blessed be He revealed to Moses in the Burning Bush?" Rabban Gamliel replied to him, "If God had been revealed in a carob tree or a fig tree, you would have asked me the same thing, and I could not send you away without an answer. This teaches you that there is no place in the world devoid of the Shekhinah."
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