Commentary for Pesachim 175:7

ת"ר שה לבית מלמד שאדם מביא ושוחט על ידי בנו ובתו הקטנים ועל ידי עבדו ושפחתו הכנענים בין מדעתן בין שלא מדעתן אבל אינו שוחט על ידי בנו ובתו הגדולים ועל ידי עבדו ושפחתו העברים ועל יד אשתו אלא מדעתן

But [let us be] like Jacob, who called Him 'home', as it is said, 'And he called the name of that place Beth-el [God is a home].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXVIII, 19. Visits to the mountain and the held are only made at certain times, but a home is permanent. Thus this teaches that man must live permanently in God.');">⁸</span> R'Johanan said: The reunion of the Exiles is as important as the day when heaven and earth were created, for it is said, And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up out of the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hos. II, 2.');">⁹</span>

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