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Tosefta su Genesi 22:25

Tosefta Berakhot

Even though [the Tanach] goes back and calls Avraham [(Genesis 17:5)], Avram [again], [(Nehemiah 9:7) and (I Chronicles 1:27)] it is in his praise and not in his shame. To Yehoshua [(Numbers 13:16)], Hoshea [again], [(Deuteronomy 32:44)] it is in his praise and not in his shame. He is [the same] Avram before [God] spoke to him, he is [the same] Avram after [God] spoke to him. He is [the same] Hoshea before he became great , he is [the same] Hoshea after he became great. Moshe, Moshe [(Exodus 2:3)]; Avraham, Avraham [Genesis 22:11)]; Yakov, Yakov [(Genesis 46:2)]; Shmuel, Shmuel [(I Samuel 3:10)]; [all of these double expressions] are expressions of love and encouragement. They are [the same people] before [God] spoke to them and they are [the same people] after [God] spoke to them. They are [the same people] before they became great, they are [the same people] after they became great.
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Tosefta Berakhot

Similar to this [it says]: “His Booth was in Shalem and His Shelter was in Tzion.” (Psalms 76:3) And what did the verse see to bring back to her (i.e. Jerusalem) [her] original name? Here it says: “Because this city has caused my anger and wrath, from the day that it was built until this day, it should be removed from my sight.” (Jeremiah 32:31) I would have thought it is in the heat even now? [However] this teaches us, “The mountain that God desired to dwell on.” (Psalms 68:17) Here it is in delight and desire; this teaches us that [God] forgave her her [self] destruction. From where [do we know] that the Shechina (God’s presence) will not return to it until it will be [just] a mountain [again as it was originally]? This teaches us, “His Booth was in Shalem and His Shelter was in Tzion.” We find that when it is complete it is called a mountain. But the Shechina will not return to it until it will become [just] a mountain, as it is said: “And Avraham called the name of that place ‘Hashem Yireh’ as it is [commonly] said today ’on the mountain Hashem appears’.” (Genesis 22:14) And it is said: “Remember Hashem the day [that] Jerusalem [was destroyed], [and take revenge on] the Edomites who said, Raze it. Raze it down to its foundation.” (Psalms 137:7) When [will the Shechina return to it]? When its foundations will be uprooted by those who say, “Raze it. Raze it down to its foundation.”
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