Mountains, Prairies, HomePresented by Chayim Lando, January 27, 2019 cslando@gmail.com

Mountains, Prairies, Home Presented by Chayim Lando, January 27, 2019 [email protected]

ואמר רבי אלעזר מאי דכתיב והלכו עמים רבים ואמרו לכו ונעלה אל הר ה׳ אל בית אלהי יעקב וגו׳ אלהי יעקב ולא אלהי אברהם ויצחק אלא לא כאברהם שכתוב בו הר שנאמר אשר יאמר היום בהר ה׳ יראה ולא כיצחק שכתוב בו שדה שנאמר ויצא יצחק לשוח בשדה אלא כיעקב שקראו בית שנאמר ויקרא את שם המקום ההוא בית אל

Pesachim 88a:3-4

The Gemara returns to its discussion of prophecies of consolation that are related to those in the book of Hosea. And Rabbi Elazar said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “And many peoples shall go and say: Go and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths” (Isaiah 2:3)? The Gemara notes that Jacob is the only Patriarch mentioned and asks: Is He the God of Jacob and not the God of Abraham and Isaac? Rather, the verse specifically mentions Jacob to allude to the fact that the Temple will ultimately be described in the same way that Jacob referred to it. It will not be referred to as it was referred to by Abraham. It is written of him that when he prayed at the location of the Temple mountain, he called it mount, as it is stated: “As it is said on this day: On the mount where the Lord is seen” (Genesis 22:14). And it will not be referred to as it was referred to by Isaac. It is written of him that he called the location of the Temple field when he prayed there, as it is stated: “And Isaac went out to meditate in the field” (Genesis 24:63). Rather, it will be described as it was referred to by Jacob, who called it house, as it is stated: “And he called the name of that place Beth-El” (Genesis 28:19), which means house of God.

שבת קי״ח א:ח׳

אמר רבי יוחנן משום רבי יוסי כל המענג את השבת נותנין לו נחלה בלי מצרים שנאמר אז תתענג על ה׳ והרכבתיך על במתי ארץ והאכלתיך

Shabbat 118a:8

Rabbi Yoḥanan said in the name of Rabbi Yosei: With regard to anyone who delights in the Shabbat, God gives him a boundless portion, i.e., a very large reward, as it is stated: “If you keep your feet from violating Shabbat, from pursuing your affairs on My holy day, and you call Shabbat a delight, the Lord’s holy day honored, and you honor it by not going your own way, or attending to your own matters or speaking idle words. Then you shall delight in the Lord and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the world, and to feast

שבת קי״ח ב:א׳

נחלת יעקב אביך וגו׳ לא כאברהם שכתוב בו קום התהלך בארץ לארכה וגו׳ ולא כיצחק שכתוב בו כי לך ולזרעך אתן את כל הארצות האל אלא כיעקב שכתוב בו ופרצת ימה וקדמה וצפונה ונגבה

Shabbat 118b:1

on the inheritance of Jacob your father, as the mouth of God has spoken” (Isaiah 58:13–14). The reward for delighting in Shabbat is specifically the portion of Jacob. Not that of Abraham, about whom it is written, “Rise, walk through the land through its length and its width because I have given it to you” (Genesis 13:17), i.e., only this land alone in its borders. And not that of Isaac, about whom it is written, “Dwell in this land and I will be with you and I will bless you because I will give all of these lands to you and your offspring” (Genesis 26:3), meaning these lands and no others. Rather, that of Jacob, about whom it is written, “And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and all of the families of the land will be blessed through you and your offspring” (Genesis 28:14). There are no boundaries for Jacob’s portion.

בראשית רבה י״א:ז׳

(ז) רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בַּר חֲלַפְתָּא אָמַר, אַבְרָהָם שֶׁאֵין כָּתוּב בּוֹ שְׁמִירַת שַׁבָּת, יָרַשׁ אֶת הָעוֹלָם בְּמִדָּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית יג, יז): קוּם הִתְהַלֵּךְ בָּאָרֶץ לְאָרְכָּהּ וּלְרָחְבָּהּ וגו'. אֲבָל יַעֲקֹב שֶׁכָּתוּב בּוֹ שְׁמִירַת שַׁבָּת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית לג, יח): וַיִּחַן אֶת פְּנֵי הָעִיר, נִכְנַס עִם דִּמְדּוּמֵי חַמָּה, וְקָבַע תְּחוּמִין מִבְּעוֹד יוֹם, יָרַשׁ אֶת הָעוֹלָם שֶׁלֹא בְּמִדָּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית כח, יד): וְהָיָה זַרְעֲךָ כַּעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ וגו'.

Bereshit Rabbah 11:7

...

Rebbe Yochanan in the name of Rebbe Yose son of Chalafta said: Avraham, about whom it is not written [explicitly in the Torah] that he kept the Shabbos, inherited the world in measure, as it says (Bereishis 13:17), "Arise and stroll through the land to its length and width etc." But Yaakov about whom heeding the Shabbos is written, as it says (Bereishis 33:18), "And he camped before the city," [meaning] that he entered with the dimming of the sun and established the Techum, inherited a world without measure, as it says (Bereishis 28:14), "And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth etc."