פירוש על ברכות 14:35

This time I will thank G-d -Because she had Ruach Hakodesh(a holy vision) that Yaakov was going to have twelve tribes(through 12 sons), and he has four wives, so when she had her fourth son, she gave thanks because she got a greater portion than the original calculation she expected(on average each wife had three sons, and she had four).

I.e. Adon not JHWH.

Until Leah came, etc. As Rashi explains, and similarly as is explained in Bereishit Rabbah at length, see there. Since the verse doesn't give an explanation for her being thankful for the fourth child, the midrash expounds thusly. And it must be that she was not literally prophesying, for we see that Leah is not considered as a prophetess in the first chapter of Mas. Megillah 14a. Rather, without her knowledge, God put words in her mouth to predict the future. This is similar to what Rivka says in Gen. 27:45, "Why should I lose", etc., for she too is not listed as a prophetess. And similarly we can explain the upcoming midrash regarding Reuven.

cf. fol. 7 a, p. 35.

"What means Reuben?" is wanting in edd. but occurs in M.

The name is explained as a combination of re'u "see" ben "between."

Edd. omit "the sons of"; bat M. adds it in agreement with the Biblical text.

From the standpoint of the Aggddah, there is nothing strange in Leah quoting Chronicles. Cf. Sanh. 7 a, where Aaron quotes the Book of Lamentations. To the Rabbis, the Bible was an organic whole.

Ruth is here derived from the root rdwdh "to delight." wicked.

This question is raised to anticipate the objection against the interpretations of the names Reuben and Ruth, that the name preceded the event which is said to explain it.

Not Eliezer, as some edd. read.

The wars of Gog and Magog figure prominently in Jewish Eschatology. The Messianic Era will be preceded by a final combat between Israel and the heathen nations led by Gog and Magog. See J. E. v. p. 212.

The claim is not as heavy as he anticipated. I have adopted the reading of M. which is preferable to that of edd., viz. : "To a man against whom a bill for debt has been issued. Before he has settled it, he worries; but having settled it, he rejoices." The point of the comparison is the anxiety caused by uncertainty.

There is probably here an allusion to the tyrannical power of Rome; see A. T. II. p. 12, n. 3.

Lit. whose heart knocks him.

Lit. the hour laughs.

Although they be righteous.

R. Johanan in the name of R. Simeon b. Johai.

Lit. things of Heaven.

At such a time, the wicked can swallow up even the perfectly righteous.

Cf. fol. 6 b, pp. 30 f.

Edd. read lekalloto "to exterminate them," but the Biblical text has leballoto "to waste them."

By attending upon and associating with the Rabbis.

It was respectful to address a person in the third person with the title "master," not in the second person.

So that Rab Nahman should say his prayers simultaneously with them.

It is written to afflict them- in the book of Samuel:

It is written to destroy them- in the book of Chronicles(Divrei hayamim 1:17):

I am not able- my strength has been taken away from me: