Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Chasidut for Shabbat 298:15

(ישעיהו יד, ד) איך שבת נוגש שבתה מדהבה א"ר יהודה אמר רב שבתה אומה זו שאמרה

there was no singing. R. Isaac also said in R. Johanan's name: One may not stand in that wicked man's palace, for it is said, and satyrs shall dance there.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. Xlii, 21. ');"><sup>28</sup></span> Rab Judah said in Rab's name: When that wicked man [Nebuchadnezzar] wished to treat that righteous one [Zedekiah] thus,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., submit him to sexual abuse. ');"><sup>29</sup></span> his membrum was extended three hundred cubits and wagged in front of the whole company [of captive kings]. for it is said, Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised [he'orel]: the numerical value of 'orel' is three hundred. Rab Judah also said in Rab's name: When that wicked man descended to Gehenna,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 153, n. 8. ');"><sup>30</sup></span> all who had [previously] descended thither trembled, saying, Does he come to rule over us, or to be as weak as we [are], for it is said, Art thou also become weak as we? or art thou to rule over us?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XIV, 10. This connects [H] with [H], to rule E.V.: art thou become like unto us. ');"><sup>31</sup></span> A Heavenly Echo went forth and declared, Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down with, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XXXII, 19. ');"><sup>32</sup></span> How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city [madhebah] ceased.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XIV, 4. ');"><sup>33</sup></span> Rab Judah said in Rab's name: This people hath ceased, that demanded,

Pri Tzadik

ויהי בימים וגו' וירא בסבלותם: In the Medrash it is written that G-d saw that they had no rest, and Moshe went and established the Shabbat day. This needs explanation - how is it hinted to here that Moshe established the day of rest for them? The verse says that G-d saw their hardships, no more no less. However, there is undoubtedly a hint towards the Shabbat day. The idea is that in every element of the creation of the world the words וירא אלהים כי טוב are used. How is it possible for the verse to say that G-d saw - didn't he see before/during his creation of the world? However, the intention of the verse is that through G-d's vision he was able to put the light (that he had created in the first day) into them. The only time it doesn't say כי טוב is when G-d created darkness and תוהו ובהו on the first day, and on the second day, G-d created Gehinom according to the Talmud in Pesachim (54A). The verse that says that G-d created evil, even though such a concept is not mentioned in the Genesis account of the creation of the world.
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