מִקְוֵ֤ה יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יְהוָ֔ה כָּל־עֹזְבֶ֖יךָ יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ יסורי [וְסוּרַי֙] בָּאָ֣רֶץ יִכָּתֵ֔בוּ כִּ֥י עָזְב֛וּ מְק֥וֹר מַֽיִם־חַיִּ֖ים אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃ (ס)
Ya Yang Mahakekal, pengharapan Israel! Semua orang yang meninggalkan Engkau akan mendapat malu; orang-orang yang menyimpang dariku akan dituliskan di dalam tanah, sebab mereka telah meninggalkan sumber air hidup, yaitu Yang Mahakekal.
Jerusalem Talmud Yoma
MISHNAH: If somebody say, “I shall sin and repent, I shall sin and repent,190Repeatedly” one191Heaven does not let him achieve to repent. “I shall sin and the day of Atonement will atone,” the Day of Atonement does not atone. Transgressions between a person and the Omnipresent the Day of Atonement atones; but those between him and his neighbor the Day of Atonement does not atone unless he placated his neighbor.
The following did Rebbi Eleazar ben Azariah explain: Of all your unintentional sins before the Eternal you shall be cleansed199Lev. 16:30. The sentence is not parsed as from all your iniquities, before the Eternal you will be cleansed, but as from all your iniquities before the Eternal, you will be cleansed. Sifra Aḥare Pereq 8:1.. Transgressions between a person and the Omnipresent the Day of Atonement atones; but those between him and his neighbor the Day of Atonement does not atone unless he placated his neighbor.
Rebbi Aqiba said, blessed are you, Israel. Before whom do you cleanse yourselves, and who cleanses you? Your Father Who is in Heaven, as it is said200Ez 36:25., I shall sprinkle on you pure water, so you shall be pure. And it is said201Jer. 17:13. Israel’s hope is the Eternal, since a miqweh purifies the impure people202Identifying מקוה “hope” or “ritual bath; pond”., so the Holy One, praise to Him, cleanses Israel.
The following did Rebbi Eleazar ben Azariah explain: Of all your unintentional sins before the Eternal you shall be cleansed199Lev. 16:30. The sentence is not parsed as from all your iniquities, before the Eternal you will be cleansed, but as from all your iniquities before the Eternal, you will be cleansed. Sifra Aḥare Pereq 8:1.. Transgressions between a person and the Omnipresent the Day of Atonement atones; but those between him and his neighbor the Day of Atonement does not atone unless he placated his neighbor.
Rebbi Aqiba said, blessed are you, Israel. Before whom do you cleanse yourselves, and who cleanses you? Your Father Who is in Heaven, as it is said200Ez 36:25., I shall sprinkle on you pure water, so you shall be pure. And it is said201Jer. 17:13. Israel’s hope is the Eternal, since a miqweh purifies the impure people202Identifying מקוה “hope” or “ritual bath; pond”., so the Holy One, praise to Him, cleanses Israel.
Yoma
Rabbi Akiva said: Happy is Israel before the One who purifies you. Who purifies you? Your Parent in Heaven. As it says, "I will sprinkle pure waters upon you and purify you" (Ezekiel 36: 25). And it says, "God is the hope (Mikveh) of Israel" (Jeremiah 17:13). Just as a mikveh purifies the ritually impure, so too does the Holy Blessed One purify Israel.