SONG OF SONGS:
2. "My beloved has gone down to his garden, to
the spice beds, to graze in the gardens and to gather roses.
3. I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine, who
grazes among the roses."
4. "You are fair, my beloved, as Tirzah, comely
as Jerusalem, awesome as the bannered legions.
70 SOULS THAT DESCENDED TO EGYPT: Iob
TALMUD SHEVUOT: Daf 27 - Oaths on Bread
BOOK OF JEREMIAH: Chapter 27
Week 27 in
the Jewish calendar is in the beginning of the month of Nissan, and is the week of the yahrzeit
of the Rebbe Rashab. The verses of Shir
HaShirim mention Hashem as a Shepherd, grazing in the gardens, among the
roses. As mentioned in Book 1, these weeks of Nissan are very much related to our relationship with G-d being one
of a faithful flock with its Shepherd. Nissan
represents the month of Aries, symbolized by the ram.
Of the
seventy souls of the Jewish people that descended to Egypt, the twenty-seventh
mentioned is Iob. Iob’s name brings to
mind Job (although without the aleph).
Job is closely connected to the events leading up to the Passover redemption,
as the Midrash teaches that he was
one of Pharaoh’s three top advisors when the decision was made to throw the
Jewish male children into the Nile. Job is also very much a symbol of the need
for faith and humility.
Daf Caf Zayim (Folio 27) of Shvuot discusses oaths regarding a mitzvah. It also discusses two oaths
made over the same loaf of bread. Here we have a clear reference to preparing
the house for Passover.
Chapter 27 of the Book of Jeremiah
contains a similar theme to the above. The chapter mentions behemot (domesticated animals, as above) as well as chayot (wild animals) It
has many references to Passover themes, such as “an outstretched arm,” and
“God’s servant,” Nebuchadnezzar, a term usually reserved for Moses himself.
5. I made the earth, the man and the beast [behemah] that are upon
the face of the earth, with My great strength and with My outstretched arm, and I gave it to him that pleased
Me.
6. And now, I have given these lands into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My
servant, and even the beasts
of the field [chayot] I have given to him to serve him.
The chapter also mentions the “yoke” of
Babylonian oppression, and various other aspects and impacts of this exile. As
also explained in Book 1, during Nissan we
re-experience various exiles we endured, and our redemption from them.
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