פרשת חוקת תשכ"ז - הפטרה לשבת ראש חודש

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? Saith the LORD; Shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? Saith thy God.

For thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river. And the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream, and ye shall suck thereof: Ye shall be borne upon the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees.

Lift Up thine eyes round about, and see: They all are gathered together, and come to thee; Thy sons come from far, And thy daughters are borne on the side.

As one whom his mother comforteth, So will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, Eating swine’s flesh, and the detestable thing, and the mouse, Shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

That sanctify themselves, for idolatry.

המתטהרים═המטהרים. That purify themselves. The ת of the Hithpael is compensated for by the Dagesh in ט.

In the gardens. In the grovea.³⁰That are prepared for idolatry; גנות is explained by אשרות, to indicate that gardens of trees are meant here, not kitchen gardens, as remarked by Rashi.

אחת One. The feminine form agrees with ³¹אשרה is feminine according to its form, but masculine according to its meaning, since every אשרה is a tree, in Hebrew, עץ, and this noun is masculine; in the phrase כל אשר העץ of the Hebrew text, the ה of אשרה has been wrongly separated from it and joined with עץ.³¹אשרה is feminine according to its form, but masculine according to its meaning, since every אשרה is a tree, in Hebrew, עץ, and this noun is masculine; in the phrase כל אשר העץ of the Hebrew text, the ה of אשרה has been wrongly separated from it and joined with עץ.אשרה grove, while the masculine form אחד of the Ketib refers to עץ tree; for every grove consists of trees. In the midst. They surround the tree from all sides; or it is in the midst of the garden.

And Joshua said unto the people: ‘Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.’

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; for she had purified herself from her uncleanness, and then she returned to her house.

And the LORD shall bring thee back into Egypt in ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee: ‘Thou shalt see it no more again’; and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwoman, and no man shall buy you.

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that playeth the man of rank, and lacketh bread.

There is that pretendeth himself rich, yet hath nothing; There is that pretendeth himself poor, yet hath great wealth.