Komentaryo sa Ezekiel 3:12: Tze'enah Ure'enah & Rashi

“Then a spirit carried me” [3:12]. A great wind lifted me up and I heard a great shout, “blessed is the Presence of the Lord, in His place” [3:12].

We will write some midrashim about the haftorah. The Tanhuma writes. It is written that each creature had four wings. Rabbi Jacob bar Zavdi said in the name of Rabbi Abahu that the Holy One made two wings for each creature because of the time that Israel made the Golden Calf. The angels and creatures have feet like a calf. That is why the Holy One made the wings, because the Holy One did not want to look at the feet of the angels. He made coverings for the sin that Israel made the Golden Calf. That is why the angels and creatures cover their feet with the additional two wings. This was an act of love for Israel, that the Holy One forgave Israel their sins.³Tanhuma, (ed. Buber), Emor 11; Yalkut Shimoni, Ezekiel, Remez, 337.

The Talmud writes in [tractate] Berakhot. “Their legs were a single rigid leg” [1:7]. Rabbi Yose the son of Haninah said in the name of Rabbi Eliezer the son of Jacob. The one who prays the Amidah should put his feet together. The verse says, “The Lord is near to all who call Him” [Psalms, 145:18].⁴B. Berakhot, 10b; Yalkut Shimoni, Ezekiel, Remez, 337. This means, God is near to all who call Him.

And a wind lifted me up After He finished His words, He commanded the wind to carry me to the place where the people of the exile were.