Pisqa’ 326¹⁶⁸

1. “Yet, HASHEM will judge His people” (Dt. 32:36)— when the Blessed Holy One renders judgment among the nations it brings Him joy. As it is said: “Yet, HASHEM will judge His people” ¹⁶⁹ (Dt. 32:36) But when the Blessed Holy One renders judgment of Israel —so to speak— He has second-thoughts about it. As it is said: “He consoled Himself concerning His servants” (Dt. 32:36). Actually, consolation can imply second-thoughts as it is said: “I console Myself for having made them” (Gn. 6:7). And He says: “I console Myself for having crowned Saul as King” (1Sam. 15:11).

footnotes: ¹⁶⁸ H:338-339;JN22:370-371. ¹⁶⁹ The implication is that God delights in his judgment of the nations.

2. “When He sees that their hand has failed” (Dt. 32:36)— when He sees their annihilation, and the captivity to which they are all carried.¹⁷⁰); “annihilation” (keliah), and “all of them” (kulam).

footnotes: ¹⁷⁰ Complex verbal resonances govern the construction of this exegesis: “their hand has failed” (ki ‘azlat yad

Another word: “When He sees” (Dt. 32:36)— that they have all despaired of liberation.

Another word: “When He sees that their hand has failed (‘azlat yad), and none remains, but the imprisoned or abandoned” (Dt. 32:36)— when He sees that even a perutah has vanished from their purse, As it is said: “Once the hand of the Holy People is fully-crippled (neifetz yad), then all of these [signs] will have been completed” (Dan. 12:7) Another word: “When He sees that their hand has failed” (Dt. 32:36)— as He sees that no one begs for mercy on their behalf, like Moses, as it is stated: “And He would have destroyed them were it not for Moses, His Chosen” (Ps. 106:23).

Another word: “When He sees” (Dt. 32:36)— as He sees that no one begs for mercy on their behalf, like Aaron, as it is said: “So he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was brought to an end” (Nu. 17:13)

Another word: “When He sees” (Dt. 32:36)— as He sees that no one begs for mercy on their behalf, like Phineas, as it is said: “And Phineas stood up in prayerful petition, and the plague was halted (Ps. 106:30).

Another word: “When He sees that their hand has failed, and none remains (‘efes), but the imprisoned or abandoned” (Dt. 32:36)— none (‘efes) is left in prison, none (‘efes) is left abandoned, and there is no-one (‘ayn) to help Israel.