Know! on a flawless slaughter knife it is possible to see how all the utensils of the Holy Temple look. This is what is written: When Yitzchak instructed Esav to inspect his knife and slaughter well, [he said,] “Take your utensils, [your sword…]” (Genesis 27:3). This hints to the utensils of the Holy Temple, which are visible on a proper knife, as explained above.
And the Midrash likewise brings that “your utensils” alludes to the utensils of the Holy Temple, as [the Sages] said there: “your utensils”—this is Babylon, as is said (Daniel 1:2), “and the utensils he brought to the treasury of his god” (Bereishit Rabbah 65:13). Thus it is that “your utensils” alludes to the utensils of the Holy Temple.
“By his being jealous for My jealousy” (Numbers 25:11)—[this is] the aspect of the tzaddik who is jealous of no other tzaddik, neither in this world nor the next, but only of God Himself.
דַּע, שֶׁעַל חֲלִיף טוֹב יְכוֹלִין לִרְאוֹת כָּל הַכֵּלִים שֶׁל הַבֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ אֵיזֶה פָּנִים יֵשׁ לָהֶם. וְזֶה שֶׁכָּתוּב, כְּשֶׁאָמַר יִצְחָק לְעֵשָׂו שֶׁיִּבְדֹּק הַסַּכִּין וְיִשְׁחַט יָפֶה: שָׂא נָא כֵלֶיךָ, (בראשית כ״ז:ג׳) – רָמַז עַל כֵּלִים שֶׁל בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, שֶׁהֵם נִרְאִים עַל הַסַּכִּין הַיָּפָה כַּנַּ"ל.
Know! on a flawless slaughter knife it is possible to see how all the utensils of the Holy Temple look. This is what is written: When Yitzchak instructed Esav to inspect his knife and slaughter well, [he said,] “Take your utensils, [your sword…]” (Genesis 27:3). This hints to the utensils of the Holy Temple, which are visible on a proper knife, as explained above.
וְכֵן אִיתָא בַּמִּדְרָשׁ (בראשית פרשה סה), שֶׁכֵּלֶיךָ רֶמֶז עַל כֵּלִים שֶׁל בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ שָׁם: כֵּלֶיךָ – זֶה בָּבֶל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְאֶת הַכֵּלִים הֵבִיא בֵּית אוֹצַר אֱלֹהָיו; נִמְצָא, שֶׁכֵּלֶיךָ מְרַמֵּז עַל כֵּלִים שֶׁל בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ:
And the Midrash likewise brings that “your utensils” alludes to the utensils of the Holy Temple, as [the Sages] said there: “your utensils”—this is Babylon, as is said (Daniel 1:2), “and the utensils he brought to the treasury of his god” (Bereishit Rabbah 65:13). Thus it is that “your utensils” alludes to the utensils of the Holy Temple.
בְּקַנְּאוֹ אֶת קִנְאָתִי (במדבר כ״ה:י״א) – בְּחִינַת הַצַּדִּיק שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְקַנֵּא שׁוּם צַדִּיק, לֹא בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וְלֹא בָּעוֹלָם הַבָּא, רַק אוֹתוֹ לְבַדּוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ:
“By his being jealous for My jealousy” (Numbers 25:11)—[this is] the aspect of the tzaddik who is jealous of no other tzaddik, neither in this world nor the next, but only of God Himself.