Talmud su Geremia 25:78
Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot
Elijah, may he be well remembered99This is the regular honorific given to Elijah when he is mentioned in his dealings with men. One cannot say “his remembrance for a blessing” as is done for people who died, since he did not die., asked Rebbi Nehorai100A student of Rebbis Joshua and Tarphon, of the fourth generation of Tannaïm; his statements are mostly aggadic.: Why do earthquakes occur in the world? He said to him, because of sin concerning heave and tithes. One verse says (Deut. 11:12): The eyes of the Eternal, your God, are permanently on it. Another verse says (Ps. 104:32): He who gazes on the Earth and it trembles, He touches mountains and they smoke. How can these two verses coexist? If Israel fulfill the will of the Omnipresent and separate their tithes following the rules, “the eyes of the Eternal, your God, are permanently on it from the start to the end of the year” and they will not be hurt by anything. If Israel do not fulfill the will of the Omnipresent and do not separate their tithes following the rules, “He gazes on the Earth and it trembles.” He said to him, my son, that is the reasonable explanation. But the main thing is that if the Holy One, praise to Him, sees theatres and circuses existing in safety and quiet, but His temple is destroyed, He is menacing101Greek ἀπειλῶν. His world to destroy it; that is what is written (Jer. 25:30): “He will roar on His Place,” about His place. Rebbi Aḥa102This shows that in homilies, precedents (even from such an authority as the prophet Elijah) do not count. said, because of homosexual activity. The Holy One, praise to Him, said: You made your member tremble for something that is not for you; by your life, I shall make My world tremble because of that man. But the rabbis said, because of quarrels (Zach. 14:5): “You will flee by the valley of the mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach Aẓel103The relevant part of the verse is the one not quoted: “You shall flee as you fled because of the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah.” Uzziah quarreled with the priests and wanted to usurp their functions in the Temple. The earthquake was on that day, when Isaiah saw the Seraphim flying in the Temple (Seder Olam Chap. 20)..” Rebbi Samuel said, an earthquake presages a change of government, as one says (Jer. 51:29): “The earth quaked and trembled,” why? “for the intentions of the Eternal overtake Babylon.”
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Tractate Soferim
The following are spelt with a waw but read with a yod: prisoners;99Gen. 39, 20, written ’asurë and read ’asirë. Abigail;1001 Sam. 25, 18, written Abugail and read Abigail. I make thee … go up and down;1012 Sam. 15, 20, written anu‘aka and read ani‘aka. chief men;1022 Kings 24, 15, written ’ulë and read ’elë. I will … make … straight;103Isa. 45, 2, written ’aushir and read ’ayashsher. I will … make them run away;104Jer. 50, 44, written ’aruẓem and read ’ariẓem. on mine eye;1052 Sam. 16, 12, written ba‘awoni and read be‘eni. cistern;106Jer. 6, 7, written bor and read bayir. in their march;107Nahum 2, 6, written bahalokotham and read bahalikotham. set apart;1082 Chron. 26, 21, written haḥofshuth and read haḥofshith. V inserts here another example, viz. ‘my way’, but N.Y. declares it to be incorrect and H omits it. wilt thou set;109Prov. 23, 5, written hata‘uf and read hata‘if. ye might provoke Me;110Jer. 25, 7, written hik‘oseni and read hak‘iseni. make straight;111Ps. 5, 9, written haushar and read hayeshar. who were set;112Ezra 8, 17, written hannethunim and read hannethinim. that taught;1132 Chron. 35, 3, written hammebonim and read hammebinim. Birzaith;1141 Chron. 7, 31, written Birzoth and read Birzaith. will greatly rejoice;115Prov. 23, 24, written gol yagul and read gil yagil. Dehites;116Ezra 4, 9, written Dehawë and read Dehayë. bring forth;117Gen. 8, 17, written hawẓë’ and read hayẓë’. Harsith;118Jer. 19, 2, written haḥarsoth and read haḥarsith. Luhith;119ibid. XLVIII, 5, written halluḥoth and read halluḥith. the entry;120Ezek. 42, 9, written hammebo’ and read hammebi’. the strong;121Zech. 11, 2, written habbaẓur and read habbaẓir. made to murmur;122Numb. 14, 36, written wayyillonu and read wayyalinu. and Shahazim;123Josh. 19, 22, written weshaḥaẓumah and read weshaḥaẓimah. and a royal diadem;124Isa. 62, 3, written uẓenuf and read uẓenif. and a thing of nought and the deceit;125Jer. 14, 14, written we’elul wetarmuth and read we’elil wetarmith. and the swallow;126ibid. VIII, 7, written wesus and read wesis. and the galleries thereof;127Ezek. 41, 15, written we’attoḳeha and read we’attiḳeha. and Tilon;1281 Chron. 4, 20, written wetolon and read wetilon. Jehiel;1292 Chron. 29, 14, written Jeḥu’el and read Jeḥi’el. and prepare ye;130ibid. XXXV, 4, written wehikkonu and read wehakkinu. thy bosom;131Ps. 74, 11, written ḥoḳeka and read ḥeḳeka. a side-structure;1321 Kings 6, 5, written yaẓu‘a and read yaẓi‘a. Jair;1331 Chron. 20, 5, written Ya‘or and read Ya‘ir. alienate;134Ezek. 48, 14, written ya‘abor and read ya‘abir. Jeiel;1351 Chron. 9, 35, written Je‘u’el and read Je‘i’el. they wander up and down;136Ps. 59, 16, written yenu‘un and read yeni‘un. let … cover them;137ibid. CXL, 10, written yekassumo and read yekassemo. they cause … to fall;138Prov. 4, 16, written yiksholu and read yakshilu. to strive;139Judg. 21, 22, written larub and read larib. singing;1401 Sam. 18, 6, written lashur and read lashir. Laish;1412 Sam. 3, 15, written Lush and read Layish. for fishers;142Jer. 16, 16, written ledogim and read ledayyagim. dross;143Ezek. 22, 18, written lesog and read lesig. for a spoil;144Isa. 42, 24, written limshoseh and read limshissah. their furrows;145Ps. 129, 3, written lema‘anotham and read lema‘anitham. Mephaath;146Jer. 48, 21, written mopha‘ath and read mepa‘ath. from Naioth;1471 Sam. 20, 1, written minnawoth and read minnayoth. stretched-forth;148Isa. 3, 17, written neṭuwothn and read neṭioth. fruit;149ibid. LVII, 19, written nob and read nib. Nebai;150Neh. 10, 20, written Nubai and read Nebai. Nephishesim;151ibid. VII, 52, written Nefushesim and read Nefishesim. leave;1522 Sam. 14, 7, written sum and read sim. ready dressed;1531 Sam. 25, 18, written ‘asuwoth and read ‘asiyoth. Ephai;154Jer. 40, 8, written ‘ufai and read ‘ephai. Ephrain;1552 Chron. 13, 19, written ‘Efron and read ‘Efrain. V incorrectly reads ‘Abarim. the second156This excludes the first ready in Esth. 3, 14. ready;157Esth. 8, 13, written ‘athudim and read ‘athidim. their lads;158Jer. 14, 3, written ẓe‘orehem and read ẓe‘irehem. her little ones;159ibid. XLVIII, 4, written ẓe‘oreha and read ẓe‘ireha. dung.160Ezek. 4, 15, written ẓefu‘ë and read ẓefi‘ë. [38b]
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Tractate Kallah Rabbati
‘R. Joshua b. Levi said: Every day’, etc. Whence do we know this? For it is written, Hark! the Lord crieth [yiḳra’] unto the city—and it is wisdom to have regard for Thy name.105Micah 6, 9. Perhaps the verse speaks of an ordinary voice [calling and not a Bath Ḳol]? Here it is stated yiḳra’, and elsewhere it is stated, And the Lord called [wayyiḳra’] unto him out of the mountain:106Ex. 19, 3. as there it was [God calling] from Sinai, so here too it is [God calling] from Sinai. Alternately, here it states yiḳra’ and of the tent of meeting it states, And the Lord called [wayyiḳra’] unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tent of meeting.107Lev. 1, 1. But it might be argued that here108In Micah 6, 9, where the word ḳol is used, translated hark. it uses the word ḳol and elsewhere it states, God answered him by a voice [beḳol]!109Ex. 19, 19, which seems to imply that it was not God Who spoke. Then quote, Then he heard the Voice speaking.110Num. 7, 89. Here it is clear that God is speaking. [It might also be argued,] Here it states, unto the city111In Micah 6, 9, and therefore the comparison is not complete. and there it does not! [Draw the inference] from the following: Hark [ḳol]! one calleth [ḳore’]: Clear ye in the wilderness the way of the Lord,112Isa. 40, 3. where ‘calling’ and ‘wilderness’ occur, and it is written, They encamped in the wilderness113Ex. 19, 2, which refers to a time before Sinai.—perhaps this refers to the periodical ‘callings’! When it mentions ‘calling’ it implies a regular calling, as it is written, When I call unto them, they stand up together.114Isa. 48, 13.
Our Rabbis have taught:115Ber. 55a (Sonc. ed., p. 335). R. Joḥanan there enumerates three things: famine, plenty and leadership. Five things the Holy One, blessed be He, Himself proclaims, viz.: the leader, famine, plenty, the sword, and those who escape the sword. ‘The leader’, as it is written, See, I have called by name Beẓalel.116Ex. 31, 2. ‘Famine’, as it is written, For the Lord hath called for a famine.1172 Kings 8, 1. ‘Plenty’, as it is written, And I will call for the corn and will increase it.118Ezek. 36, 29. ‘The sword’, as it is written, For I will call for a sword.119Jer. 25, 29. ‘Those who escape the sword’, as it is written, And among the remnant those whom the Lord shall call.120Joel 3, 5. It is all right with three since the Divine Name is written in connection with them, but with And I will call for the corn, perhaps [this means] by a messenger, as it is written, I will call my servant Eliaḳim!121Isa. 22, 20. If you do not admit this, surely there [with Eliaḳim] the Divine Presence called to him [to act as leader], because it was similar to that of Beẓalel who was a leader.
Our Rabbis have taught:115Ber. 55a (Sonc. ed., p. 335). R. Joḥanan there enumerates three things: famine, plenty and leadership. Five things the Holy One, blessed be He, Himself proclaims, viz.: the leader, famine, plenty, the sword, and those who escape the sword. ‘The leader’, as it is written, See, I have called by name Beẓalel.116Ex. 31, 2. ‘Famine’, as it is written, For the Lord hath called for a famine.1172 Kings 8, 1. ‘Plenty’, as it is written, And I will call for the corn and will increase it.118Ezek. 36, 29. ‘The sword’, as it is written, For I will call for a sword.119Jer. 25, 29. ‘Those who escape the sword’, as it is written, And among the remnant those whom the Lord shall call.120Joel 3, 5. It is all right with three since the Divine Name is written in connection with them, but with And I will call for the corn, perhaps [this means] by a messenger, as it is written, I will call my servant Eliaḳim!121Isa. 22, 20. If you do not admit this, surely there [with Eliaḳim] the Divine Presence called to him [to act as leader], because it was similar to that of Beẓalel who was a leader.
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