Comentários de Citação sobre Isaías 28:12

ארגיע I will make to rest. Comp. המרנעה the rest (28:12). One of the commentators⁵The Grammarian R. Jonah, quoted in Michlal Jophi ad locum. explains it: I will do in a moment, without delay. The first explanation is better.

“…when he tells them: “This is menuhah, rest….”²⁸Isa. 28:12. (It was known to the people of Israel that the Torah was called “rest” from Jacob’s blessing to Issachar: “He saw that rest was good and that the land was pleasant, yet he bent his shoulder to bear, and he became an indentured laborer.”²⁹Gen. 49:15. As it has already been explained in the [Midrash Rabbah],³⁰Midrash Rabbah on the Torah portion Vayyehi, Gen. 98:17. the word “rest” refers to the Torah. The subject of this verse is that it was the custom of the tribes of Israel to set apart a fund [to support] the soldiers and [cover] their expenses. It is known that men of valor [due to their involvement with military affairs] cannot immerse themselves in the study of Torah, nor are they able to settle the Land [of Israel]. Therefore, for this reason, Jacob blessed Issachar, for he [Issachar], saw that the “rest” of the Torah was good, and that the land was pleasant. [Jacob] did not wish to [bless Issachar] with valorous men, for they loved “to rest between the boundaries,”³¹Gen. 49:14. The full verse is, “Issachar is a strong-boned donkey; he rests between the boundaries.” See Part 1, chapter 18 for an explanation of this verse. [that is, to sit and toil in the study of Torah day and night].

“Give rest to the weary…”³⁶Isa. 28:12. (“Rest” does not mean the mere absence of toil, but rather that one should [sit and] labor in the study of Torah, and then the Torah will work for him [so that he can] understand and gain its insights. As it states in Tractate Sanhedrin 99b [pertaining to the verse], “When the soul toils, the soul then toils for him”:³⁷Prov. 16:26. “He toils in one place, while the Torah toils for him in another.”³⁸By toiling in the study of Torah, he is assured of remembering and understanding it well. Tractate Eruvin 21b,³⁹Actually, 21b and 22a. states, “Pertaining to the verse, ‘“[… his locks are wavy], and black as a raven”:⁴⁰Song of Songs 5:11. [The words “locks are wavy,” teach that we can pile up mounds of expositions on every stroke of the letters of the alphabet.⁴¹“His locks” (kevutzosav) sounds like “its strokes” (kevetzosav) while the Hebrew for “wavy,” taltalim, is similar to the words for “heaps of heaps,” tillai tallim. “Black as a raven” [teaches us] in whom one finds [accomplished scholarship] ─ in the one who attends the study hall day and night, [and studies the Torah constantly].⁴²The Hebrew for “black,” shehoros, is similar to the word for “morning,” shaharis, while the word for “raven,” orev, is similar to the word for “evening,” arvis.

לא תרגיע means, THOU SHALT FIND NO REST, as (Isaiah 28:12) “This is the rest (המרגעה)