Chasidut su Amos 5:15
שִׂנְאוּ־רָע֙ וְאֶ֣הֱבוּ ט֔וֹב וְהַצִּ֥יגוּ בַשַּׁ֖עַר מִשְׁפָּ֑ט אוּלַ֗י יֶֽחֱנַ֛ן יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁאֵרִ֥ית יוֹסֵֽף׃ (ס)
Odia il male e ama il bene, e stabilisci giustizia nella porta; Può darsi che l'Eterno, il Dio degli eserciti, sia benevolo con il residuo di Giuseppe.
Kedushat Levi
Another explanation of the tone sign shalshelet over the word וימאן is based on its shape, which resembles the letter ל, according to Zohar I 168. where it discusses how David, who originally was meant to die at birth, was kept alive when the patriarchs heard about this, each one “donating” part of their lives to make up the seventy years that David lived. According to the Zohar, Joseph donated 37 years of his life (he died at 110 whereas his father had lived to be 147 years) so that he had contributed the lion’s share of David’s life. The letter ל is an allusion to David as our sages say when stating in kallah rabbati 8 that the attribute of מלכות, Royalty, can be acquired by 30 different virtues. The word שלשה is also an allusion to David, and by Joseph raising his voice when rejecting the demand by Potiphar’s wife that he sleep with her, he managed to invoke the combined merits of the three patriarchs who helped him to remain steadfast in his refusal.
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