Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Daniel 12:6

והנה עומד על היאור, “and here he was standing over the river (Nile)” According to Rashi no other river has ever been referred to as יאור. Nachmanides disagrees, saying that the river Tigris has also been described as יאור as we know from Daniel 12,6 where the word יאור cannot refer to the Nile but must refer to the Tigris. We also find that Onkelos translates the word יאור simply as נהרא, “river.” If it were a designation that applies exclusively to the river Nile, Onkelos could not have chosen the word נהרא to describe it. The word יאור is a derivative of the word אור, light, and we also find the word אור describing גשם, rain. (Job, 37,11 יפיץ ענן אורו, “the cloud spreads its rain). Bereshit Rabbah, 26,7 (quoting Rabbi Yochanan) states that wherever in the Book of Job, Elihu speaks of אור, he refers to rainfall. Perhaps this is all connected to the vapours rising from the streams and rivers, eventually producing rain. [the author must consider the “atmosphere” as another term describing light in the sense of daylight (seeing that we have daylight even when the sun does not shine, and as proof he considers the rainbow as part of this “atmosphere.” [Seeing that the author engages in speculation, I have added my own so as to make his speculation more plausible sounding, even if not scientifically correct. Ed.]

בגדי קדש הם, when angels appeared in human guise to the prophets they wore these kinds of garments. This is the meaning of the expression לבושי הבדים. (Ezekiel 9,3 and Daniel 12,6-7)

Thus is completed the Book of the Censuses¹²¹Such is the name given by the Sages to the fourth book of the Torah: “the Fifth of the Censuses” (Sotah 36b). [i.e., the Book of Numbers] and the standards of the hosts;
And to G-d, the G-d of hosts, be praises and thanksgivings, in hundreds, thousands, and myriads.
And as He has done for our ancestors great and awesome deeds,¹²²See Deuteronomy 10:21. may He bring about speedily in our days the end of the wonders.¹²³Daniel 12:6. A reference to the Messianic era.
May He build the House and the chambers and the border before the cells.¹²⁴Ezekiel 40:12.
And prepare there the thrones of the house of David,¹²⁵Psalms 122:5. This may also be a reference to the mysteries of the Cabala. See at end of Ramban’s Introduction to the Book of Genesis: “And He will show those who are pleasing to Him wonders from His Torah” (Vol. I, p. 16). and may our eyes behold it!
And may He in His mercies purify us of all [our] hidden [faults] and all errors,¹²⁶See ibid., 19:13.
And show us wondrous things from His Torah!¹²⁷See ibid., 119:18.
Amen. May His Will be so!
Finished and completed.