Tafsiran Yehezkiel 36:16: Tze'enah Ure'enah

“The word of the Lord came to me” [36:16]. “You, O mortal, etc.” [36:17]. God said: you person, see. Israel is sitting on their land and they have made the land unclean through their evil deeds. Like a woman who is menstruating, so too are their ways in My eyes. Why are they compared to a menstruating woman? The explanation is that the Holy One wanted that Israel should repent and hoped that they will come to God again; that they will be pious, like a man whose wife is menstruating and he hopes that she will soon immerse herself and will come to him. So too is the Holy One with Israel. He compares them to a menstruating woman and hopes that they will immerse themselves, that is to say, become pious.¹Rashi, Ezekiel, 36:16.