Friday, December 22, 2023

Seeds of Geulah

Chazal say (Megillah 13b) that הקב"ה מקדים רפואה למכה.  If so, that is the case with the Churban and as it relates to 10 Teves, which marks the beginning of the downfall.  What is the refuah?  The Rebbe says (Likutay Sicohs volume 25) that which marks the beginning of the fall of Yerushalayim, the siege itself is also the way out.  When under siege, everyone was forced together in Yerushalayim.  This forces people to join forces together in the city of togetherness, עיר שחוברה לה יחדיו.  This spirit of comradery is the way out from the golus.  That is why the possuk says (Yechezkal 24:2) היום הזה סמך מלך בבל אל ירושלם, the word סמך usually indicates a form of support and help, a strange word to describe a siege?  The siege itself was a message to inspire the tikkun for the golus which is by Klal Yisrael joining together as a single indestructible force.   

The Gemarah Bava Basra (123) says בעא מיניה אבא חליפא קרויא מר' חייא בר אבא בכללן אתה מוצא שבעים בפרטן אתה מוצא שבעים חסר אחד אמר ליה תאומה היתה עם דינה דכתיב  ואת דינה בתו אלא מעתה תאומה היתה עם בנימן דכתיב ואת בנימין אחיו בן אמו אמר מרגלית טובה היתה בידי ואתה מבקש לאבדה ממני הכי אמר ר' חמא בר חנינא זו יוכבד שהורתה בדרך ולידתה בין החומות שנאמר אשר ילדה אותה ללוי במצרים לידתה במצרים ואין הורתה במצרים.  Why is this derasha that the 70's person that went into Egypt was Yocheved born in Egypt specifically called a מרגלית טובה, what is so unique about this derasha?  Rav Moshe Wolfson explains that the message is that Yocheved was the mother of Moshe and Aharon, she was going to give birth to those that would lead Klal Yisrael out of Egypt.  The message of Yocheved being included in the 70 is that from the very onset, the very beginning of the descent into Egypt, the ticket out was already there.  This means the entire existence of the golus is only in order to be able to obtain the geulah.  This powerful message is the  מרגלית טובה reflected in this derash about Yocheved.  He adds that is why the Tisha B'av always falls out the same day of the week as Pesach; you can't have golus without the geulah.  The golus only exists for the geulah.  That is the remez of סמך מלך בבל, the very beginning, the root of the golus, already contains the seeds for geulah.  

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