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88) “And Israel saw the sons of Joseph and said, ‘Who are these?’” meaning “Who bore those to me?” The text wishes to say that Israel below saw that the sons of Israel would come before him, when they come “From Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamat, and from the islands of the sea,” and they will all gather and be a great many people. And Divinity will say, “Who are all these? Is there no fault in them from foreign sons?” And they will tell him, “All of us are of your sons. There is not a foreign son among us,” since they parted from each other, meaning the mixed multitude will part from Israel and they will circumcise together and convert, and the strangers will return with Israel and they will be together.
89) “And the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel.” When the sons return to their land and there is love in them, “The Lord will be one and His name One.” At that time, strangers will connect to Israel and will be as barnacle in their flesh.
90) Why are they as barnacle? Rabbi Shimon said that it concerns the boundaries of the land, since everyone will want to live in the land of Israel, and the tenants will appear outside the border. It is written about it, “And strengthen your pegs,” which means that the pegs that were with you before, at the time of exile, strengthen them and fix them more than all the other nations, seemingly as you saw fit to strengthen them while you were among all the other nations, in exile among the nations, and the strangers will be many.
The only difference between Israel and the nations is in Israel’s grip on the middle line, which limits the level of the left and unites it with the right line, which is the boundary of Israel. But the rest of the nations grip to the left line and have no desire for the middle line. At the end of correction, the boundary of this Masach will expand from the level of MA (45) to the level of AB (72). And then it is written, “Enlarge the place of your tent … lengthen your cords,” since the boundary of Israel will expand from the level of MA to the level of AB. And this is why the verse ends, “And strengthen your pegs,” meaning the boundaries, because it is written, “For you shall spread to the right and to the left, and your seed shall inherit the nations.”
The gentiles that will convert and live in the land of Israel should be feared that they will breach the boundary entirely and will not wish to take upon themselves the great Masach of AB, since their root is not of the seed of Israel. This is why the pegs should be strengthened, meaning the boundaries, since the tent-peg creates a boundary across the tent, as it is written, “And strengthen your pegs, for you shall spread to the right and to the left, and your seed shall inherit the nations.”
Hence, they said about the boundaries of the land that this is the reason why the strangers are regarded as barnacle due to the boundaries of the land. It is so because at that time, everyone will want to dwell in the land of Israel, meaning that all the strangers from all the nations will come and sit in the land of Israel, as it is written, “For you shall spread to the right and to the left, and your seed shall inherit the nations.” Thus, the strangers will breach the boundaries of the land and will be seen outside the border, due to the root of their fathers, who have no desire for any boundaries. This is why it is written, “And strengthen your pegs.”
He wishes to say that the pegs who were with you before, at the time of the exile, strengthen them and fix them more than all the other nations. They should strengthen the border to be strong so that the rest of the nations do not breach it. And the reason why he speaks of the pegs that were with you before is that at the end of correction, they will not have Aviut [thickness] to raise MAN for a Masach and a boundary. Hence, then they will need to use the Aviut that they had had before to raise MAN for a Masach and a boundary, for they seemingly need to strengthen the pegs, the Masachim [plural of Masach], as when they were in exile among the other nations. This is so because after the end of correction they will not have sufficient Aviut for a Masach and will need to use the Aviut that they had during the exile.
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