창세기 49:2의 Chasidut
הִקָּבְצ֥וּ וְשִׁמְע֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְשִׁמְע֖וּ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֲבִיכֶֽם׃
너희는 모여 들으라 야곱의 아들들아 너희 아비 이스라엘에게 들을지어다
Kedushat Levi
Genesis 49,2. “gather around sons of Yaakov, and listen to Yisrael your father.” In order to understand why Yaakov appears to repeat himself, we must first turn to the Zohar III 196. With reference to Isaiah 50,10 מי בכם ירא ה' שומע בקול עבדו אשר הלך בחשכים ואין נגה לו יבטח בשם הה' וישען באלוקיו?, “Who amongst you that obeys the voice of His servant that walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of Hashem and rely upon Elokim.” What is the meaning of the words: “that obeys the voice of His servant” in this verse? It has been explained that this is the tzaddik who offers prayers every day. He is therefore so familiar in those regions that if he fails to come to the synagogue for a single day, enquiries are made in heaven concerning why he has not appeared. Still, this does not explain the meaning of the words: “that obeys the voice of His servant?” Whose voice is that? If you were to say that “His servant” refers to a prophet or some other person, what is the relation between some other person and the prayer? G’d is perceived as listening, i.e. responding positively, to those who are truly His servants. When the Israelites are in a state of grace, זכאין, when they all gather together they can hear heavenly voices proclaiming that these are the sons of precious Yaakov and that therefore they deserve a hearing. When Yaakov appears to be repeating himself, this is not quite so; in effect he is encouraging his sons to not only be the sons of Yaakov, but to listen to him in his capacity of Yisrael, i.e. to rise to a higher spiritual level than that they had been on up until this moment. If they would be able to do this, they would indeed hear from his lips prophetic words concerning their future, words that would reveal to them some secrets about the prelude to the ultimate redemption of the Jewish people.
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