R. Simeon discoursed on the verse: “From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, glory to the righteous”, etc. (Isa. 24, 16). ‘These songs are the praises uttered by the Community of Israel before the Holy One, blessed be He, at night, at the time when He holds joyous converse with the righteous in the Garden of Eden.
When is this? From midnight onwards. And for what purpose? To be united with the Holy One, blessed be He, The answer is that Moses was speaking not for himself but for Israel.’
Observe, too, that if the first and to be sanctified with the same holiness. The verse continues: “I pine away, I pine away, woe is me. The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously”. Woe is me for the generation and for the world! For all are false to Him, and their children inherit their treachery and add to it their own, and so become defective both above and below.
When Isaiah saw this, he gathered all who feared sin and taught them the way of holiness and the sanctity of the King that their sons might be holy; and therefore the sons they bore were called after his name, wherefore it says, “Behold I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and wonders in Israel” (Isa. 8, 18).
Another explanation of this verse (“From the uttermost part of the earth”, etc.) is that when the Israelites came into the land with the Ark of the holy covenant before them, they heard from one side of the land the sound of joyful praises and the voice of sweet singers who were singing in the land. And this redounded to the praise of Moses, that wherever the ark rested in the land they heard a voice saying, “This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel”. But woe is me that the traitors have dealt treacherously, that Israel are destined to be false to God and to be uprooted from the land, and because their children persist in their falsehood they will be uprooted a second time until their guilt will be expiated in a foreign land.
רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן פָּתַח, (ישעיהו כ״ד:ט״ז) מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ זְמִירוֹת שָׁמַעְנוּ צְבִי לַצַּדִּיק וְגוֹ', וַוי לוֹן לִבְנֵי נָשָׁא, לְאִינּוּן דְּלָא מַשְׁגִּחִין וְלָא מִשְׁתַּדְּלִין בִּיקָרָא דְּמָארֵיהוֹן, וְלָא מִסְתַּכְּלִין בִּקְדוּשָּׁא (בקדושה) עִלָּאָה, לְאִתְקַדְּשָׁא בְּהַאי עָלְמָא, לְמֶהֱוֵי קַדִּישִׁין בְּעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי. מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ, דָּא (צ"ו ע"א, קמ"ב) כְּסוּתָא עִלָּאָה קַדִּישָׁא. זְמִירוֹת שָׁמַעְנוּ, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר (איוב ל״ה:י׳) נוֹתֵן זְמִירוֹת בַּלָּיְלָה, זְמִירוֹת תּוּשְׁבְּחָן דִּכְנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, קַמֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בַּלָּיְלָה. בַּלָּיְלָה, בְּזִמְנָא דְּאִיהִי אִזְדַּמְּנָא (דקודשא בריך הוא) (ס"א אזדווגא דשכיחא) וּשְׁכִיחָא לְשַׁבְּחָא לֵיהּ לְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא (בלילה, בזמנא דאיהי אזדווגא) (אזדווגת) וּמִשְׁתַּעֲשָׁע עִם צַדִּיקַיָּיא בְּגִנְתָּא דְּעֵדֶן.
R. Simeon discoursed on the verse: “From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, glory to the righteous”, etc. (Isa. 24, 16). ‘These songs are the praises uttered by the Community of Israel before the Holy One, blessed be He, at night, at the time when He holds joyous converse with the righteous in the Garden of Eden.
וְאֵימָתַי. מִפַּלְגּוּת לֵילְיָא וְאֵילָךְ. וּכְדֵין זְמִירוֹת שָׁמַעְנוּ (בלילה), תּוּשְׁבְּחָן. וּזְמִירוֹת, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר (ויקרא כה) לֹא תִזְמוֹר. וּכְתִיב (ישעיה כח) זְמִיר עָרִיצִים יַעֲנֶה, אַעְקְרוּתָא מֵאַתְרַיְיהוּ כָּל אִינּוּן תַּקִּיפִין, דְּהָא כַּד עָיִּיל לֵילְיָא, כַּמָה עֲרִיצִים גַּרְדִּינֵי נִימוּסִין שְׁכִיחִין בְּעָלְמָא, אָזְלִין וְשַׁיְיטָן (ושטיין) בְּעָלְמָא לְקַטְרְגָא. מִפַּלְגּוּת לֵילְיָא וְאֵילָךְ, אִתְּעַר רוּחָא חֲדָא וְאַעְקַר לְכֻלְּהוּ מֵאַתְרַיְיהוּ, וְאַעְבַּר לוֹן דְּלָא יִשְׁלְטוּן. זְמִירוֹת שָׁמַעְנוּ, תּוּשְׁבְּחָן דִּכְנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּלֵילְיָא, וְכָל דָּא לָמָּה. צְבִי לַצַּדִּיק, לְאִזְדַּוְּוגָא בְּזִוּוּגָא חֲדָא (לקודשא) דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וּלְאִתְקַדְּשָׁא בִּקְדוּשָּׁה חֲדָא.
When is this? From midnight onwards. And for what purpose? To be united with the Holy One, blessed be He, The answer is that Moses was speaking not for himself but for Israel.’
וְאוֹמֵר רָזִי לִי רָזִי לִי, דָּא הוּא רָזָא עִלָּאָה. דָּא הוּא רוּחַ קַדִּישָׁא, אֲבָל אוֹי לִי עַל דָּרָא, וְעַל עָלְמָא. בּוֹגְדִים בָּגָדוּ, דְּכֻלְּהוּ מְשַׁקְּרָן בֵּיהּ. מְשַׁקְּרָן בְּהוּ בְּגַרְמַיְיהוּ, וְלָא דַּי דִּמְשַׁקְּרָן בְּגַרְמַיְיהוּ (ממש), אֶלָּא אִינּוּן בְּנִין דְּאוֹלִידוּ מִתְשַׁקְּרָן בְּהַהוּא שִׁקְרָא דִּלְהוֹן, וְאִשְׁתְּכָחוּ פְּגִימִין לְעֵילָּא וְתַתָּא.
Observe, too, that if the first and to be sanctified with the same holiness. The verse continues: “I pine away, I pine away, woe is me. The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously”. Woe is me for the generation and for the world! For all are false to Him, and their children inherit their treachery and add to it their own, and so become defective both above and below.
כֵּיוָן דְּאִסְתָּכַּל יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בְּהַאי, כָּנִישׁ לְאִינּוּן דַּחֲלִין חַטָּאָה, וְאוֹלִיף לוֹן אֹרַח קַדִּישָׁא לְאִתְקַדְּשָׁא בִּקְדוּשָּׁה דְּמַלְכָּא, וּלְאִשְׁתַּכְּחָא בְּנַיְיהוּ קַדִּישִׁין. כֵּיוָן דְּאִתְקְדָּשׁוּ אִלֵּין, אִינּוּן בְּנִין דְּאוֹלִידוּ אִקְרוּן עַל שְׁמֵיהּ. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (ישעיהו ח׳:י״ח) הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי וְהַיְלָדִים אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לִי יְיָ' לְאוֹתוֹת וּלְמוֹפְתִים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, דִּפְרִישָׁן מִשְּׁאַר עַמִּין.
When Isaiah saw this, he gathered all who feared sin and taught them the way of holiness and the sanctity of the King that their sons might be holy; and therefore the sons they bore were called after his name, wherefore it says, “Behold I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and wonders in Israel” (Isa. 8, 18).
דָּבָר אַחֵר מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ זְמִירוֹת שָׁמַעְנוּ, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּעָאלוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאַרְעָא, וַאֲרוֹן קַיְּימָא קַדִּישָׁא קַמַּיְיהוּ, שָׁמְעוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל דְּמִסְטְרָא חַד דְּאַרְעָא, תּוּשְׁבְּחָן וְחֵדוּ וְקַל מְזַמְּרֵי עִלָּאֵי, דִּמְזַמְּרֵי בְּאַרְעָא. כְּדֵין צְבִי לַצַּדִּיק, תּוּשְׁבְּחָא דְּמֹשֶׁה הֲוָה בְּהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא. דִּבְכָל אֲתָר דְּאָרוֹן הֲוָה שָׁארֵי בְּאַרְעָא, הֲווֹ שַׁמְעֵי קָלָא דְּאַמְרֵי, (דברים ד׳:מ״ד) וְזֹאת הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר שָׂם מֹשֶׁה לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. אֲבָל אוֹי לִי דְּבוֹגְדִים בָּגָדוּ, דִּזְמִינִין יִשְׂרָאֵל לְשַׁקְּרָא בְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וּלְאִתְעַקְּרָא מֵאַרְעָא זִמְנָא חֲדָא. וּבְגִין דְּאִתְאֲחָדוּ בֵּינַיְיהוּ שִׁקְרָא דִּלְהוֹן, יִתְעַקְּרוּן זִמְנָא תִּנְיָינָא, עַד דְּיִשְׁתְּלִים חוֹבַיְיהוּ בְּאַרְעָא אַחֲרָא.
Another explanation of this verse (“From the uttermost part of the earth”, etc.) is that when the Israelites came into the land with the Ark of the holy covenant before them, they heard from one side of the land the sound of joyful praises and the voice of sweet singers who were singing in the land. And this redounded to the praise of Moses, that wherever the ark rested in the land they heard a voice saying, “This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel”. But woe is me that the traitors have dealt treacherously, that Israel are destined to be false to God and to be uprooted from the land, and because their children persist in their falsehood they will be uprooted a second time until their guilt will be expiated in a foreign land.