Komentaryo sa Ezekiel 36:38: Tze'enah Ure'enah & Rashi

“Like sheep for sacrifices” [36:38]. Israel will be as numerous as the holy sheep that are brought to Jerusalem for the festivals. So will be the cities that were destroyed. They will be full of people and they will know that I am God.

We will write several midrashim about the haftorah: The Tanhuma writes: “like the uncleanness of a menstruating woman” [36:17]. Why did the Holy One compare them to a menstruating woman and not to the uncleanness of a corpse? The explanation is that a menstruating woman is sometimes unclean and sometimes she becomes clean, when she immerses herself. Similarly, when a woman is menstruating, the priest can be in her house, but when a corpse is in the house, then the priest must leave the house. Therefore, should the uncleanness of Israel be compared to a corpse, then the Holy One would not have been among them, just like the priest is not in the house with a corpse. However, now that the Holy One has compared them to a menstruating woman, the Holy One is among Israel in the exile and hopes that they will immerse themselves and become pious, like a husband who hopes that his wife will immerse herself.²Yalkut Shimoni, Ezekiel, Remez, 374.

Like the flocks appointed for the holy offerings which come to Jerusalem at the times of the Passover sacrifices. Another explanation follows the Targum: I will multiply you with men, and I will cause them to prosper with cattle; i.e., their iniquities will not be remembered against them.