Parshas Ha’azinu - Sheini
(ז) זְכֹר֙ יְמ֣וֹת עוֹלָ֔ם בִּ֖ינוּ שְׁנ֣וֹת דֹּר־וָדֹ֑ר שְׁאַ֤ל אָבִ֙יךָ֙ וְיַגֵּ֔דְךָ זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ וְיֹ֥אמְרוּ לָֽךְ׃ (ח) בְּהַנְחֵ֤ל עֶלְיוֹן֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם בְּהַפְרִיד֖וֹ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָ֑ם יַצֵּב֙ גְּבֻלֹ֣ת עַמִּ֔ים לְמִסְפַּ֖ר בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (ט) כִּ֛י חֵ֥לֶק יְהֹוָ֖ה עַמּ֑וֹ יַעֲקֹ֖ב חֶ֥בֶל נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ (י) יִמְצָאֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִדְבָּ֔ר וּבְתֹ֖הוּ יְלֵ֣ל יְשִׁמֹ֑ן יְסֹבְבֶ֙נְהוּ֙ יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּ יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּ כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן עֵינֽוֹ׃ (יא) כְּנֶ֙שֶׁר֙ יָעִ֣יר קִנּ֔וֹ עַל־גּוֹזָלָ֖יו יְרַחֵ֑ף יִפְרֹ֤שׂ כְּנָפָיו֙ יִקָּחֵ֔הוּ יִשָּׂאֵ֖הוּ עַל־אֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃ (יב) יְהֹוָ֖ה בָּדָ֣ד יַנְחֶ֑נּוּ וְאֵ֥ין עִמּ֖וֹ אֵ֥ל נֵכָֽר׃
(ז) אִדְכַּר יוֹמִין דְּמִן עָלְמָא אִסְתַּכַּל בִּשְׁנֵי דַר וְדָר שְׁאַל אֲבוּךְ וִיחַוִּי לָךְ סָבִיךְ וְיֵימְרוּן לָךְ: (ח) בְּאַחֲסָנָא עִלָּאָה עַמְמַיָּא בְּפָרָשׁוּתֵיהּ בְּנֵי אֲנָשָׁא קַיִּים תְּחוּמֵי עַמְמַיָּא לְמִנְיַן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל: (ט) אֲרֵי חֳלָקָא דַיְיָ עַמֵּיהּ יַעֲקב עֲדַב אַחֲסַנְתֵּיהּ: (י) סַפִּיק צָרְכֵּיהוֹן בְּאַרְעָא מַדְבְּרָא וּבֵית צַחֲוָנָא אֲתֵר דִּי לֵית מַיָּא אַשְׁרִנּוּן סְחוֹר סְחוֹר לְשְׁכִנְתֵּיהּ אַלֵּפִנּוּן פִּתְגָּמֵי אוֹרַיְתָא נְטָרִנּוּן כְּבָבַת עֵינֵיהוֹן: (יא) כְּנִשְׁרָא דִּמְחִישׁ לְקִנֵּיהּ עַל בְּנוֹהִי מִתְחוֹפֵף פָּרִיס גַּדְפּוֹהִי מְקַבֶּלְהוֹן מְנַטֶּלְהוֹן עַל תְּקוֹף אֱבָרוֹהִי: (יב) יְיָ בִּלְחוֹדוֹהִי עֲתִיד לְאַשְׁרָיוּתְהוֹן בְּעָלְמָא דְּהוּא עָתִיד לְאִתְחַדָּתָא וְלָא יִתְקַיַּם קֳדָמוֹהִי פָּלְחַן טַעֲוָן:
7. Remember the days of old; understand the years of generation and generation. Ask your father, and he will tell you; your elders and they will say to you. 8. When the Most High gave nations their inheritance, in His separation of the sons of man, He upheld[1] the boundaries of peoples according to the number of the children of Israel. 9. Because Hashem’s portion is His people: Yaakov, the lot[2] of His inheritance. 10. He supplied their necessities in a wilderness land, in a place of thirst, a site that lacked water. He camped them all around His presence, He taught them words of Torah, He protected them like the pupil of their[3] eye. 11. Like an eagle is concerned for[4] its nest, hovering over its young, spreading its wings, receiving them, carrying them on the strength of its pinions, 12. Hashem in the future will have them dwell alone in a world that in the future will be made new, and the service of errors will not stand before Him.
[1] Rather than “set.”
[2] The Hebrew chevel literally means a rope but is understood to mean one’s lot.
[3] Rather than “His.”
[4] Or, perhaps, broods over.
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