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Midrash su Isaia 54:15

הֵ֣ן גּ֥וֹר יָג֛וּר אֶ֖פֶס מֵֽאוֹתִ֑י מִי־גָ֥ר אִתָּ֖ךְ עָלַ֥יִךְ יִפּֽוֹל׃

Ecco, possono radunarsi insieme, ma non da me; Chiunque si radunerà contro di te cadrà a causa tua.

Kohelet Rabbah

Another matter, “all the rivers go to the sea,” all the converts enter only into Israel. “Yet the sea is not full,” and Israel’s number is never lacking,45Their number is not filled out by the converts, and they will not be lacking for numbers without converts. as it is stated: “Who has counted the dust of Jacob” (Numbers 23:10). Perhaps you will say that anyone who does not convert in this world will convert in the World to Come; the verse states: “Behold, they may gather together [gor yagur]” (Isaiah 54:15),46The reference is to converts [gerim], who can gather together now, but not in the future. but from then on “but not by Me [efes meoti]” (Isaiah 54:15) – stop from being with Me [hafsek me’iti]. Who is with Me? He “who gathers to You” (Isaiah 54:15) in this world “will fall in with You” (Isaiah 54:15) in the World to Come. Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Moreover, in the place where one converts, from there he takes his portion, as it is stated: “It will be that in the tribe where the stranger resides, [there you shall give him his inheritance, said the Lord God]” (Ezekiel 47:23).
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Kohelet Rabbah

Another matter, “all the rivers go to the sea,” – all the dead enter only the grave, but the grave is never filled, as it is stated: “The grave and oblivion are not sated…” (Proverbs 27:20). You might say that once they die in this world they do not live again in the World to Come; the verse [therefore] states: “To the place that the rivers go, they go there again” – to the place that the dead gather in the World to Come, there they return and are destined to recite songs in the messianic era. What is the reason?47What is the source? “From the ends of the earth we have heard songs” (Isaiah 24:16); “your dead will live, my corpses shall arise” (Isaiah 26:19).
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