AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES: EACH PRINCE ON HIS DAY. ‘The word layom (=to the day)’, said R. Judah, ‘is an allusion to the celestial Days which were dedicated to be blessed by the twelve delimited areas;1The twelve permutations of the Tetragrammaton. and each one was put right and dedicated by means of a blessing through the days here below. We have learnt that all are blessed through the celestial altar. All are blessed, even the lower world, even the other nations of the world.’
R. Simeon said: ‘If not for the sacrifices offered by these twelve princes, the world could not stand against the twelve princes of Ishmael, of whom it is written, “twelve princes according to their nations” (Gen. 25, 16). Hence “each prince on the day”;
and whatever he offered was after the celestial pattern, so that all should receive the blessing. THE RAMS SIXTY, THE HE-GOATS SIXTY, representing the threescore mighty men about it” (S.S. 3, 7), which belong to the side of Strength. ONE GOLDEN SPOON OF TEN GOLDEN SHEKELS, etc. Based on this, it was declared: Happy is the portion of the righteous on whom the Holy One, blessed be He, pours blessings, and unto whose prayer He hearkens. Regarding them it is written: “When he hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer” (Ps. 102, 18).’
(במדבר ז׳:י״א) וַיֹּאמֶר יְיָ אֶל מֹשֶׁה נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֹם. מַהוּ לַיּוֹם. אָמַר רִבִּי יְהוּדָה, יוֹמִין דִּלְעֵילָּא, דְּאִתְחַנְּכוּ לְאִתְבָּרְכָא, בְּאִינּוּן תְּרֵיסָר תְּחוּמִין, דְּמִתְפָּרְשָׁא, וְכָל חַד אִתְתָּקַּן וְאִתְחַנָּךְ בְּבִרְכָתָא עַל יְדוֹי דְּאִלֵּין דִּלְתַּתָּא. תָּאנָא, כֻּלְּהוּ מִתְבָּרְכָן בְּגִין מַדְבְּחָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וַאֲפִילּוּ תַּתָאָה וַאֲפִילּוּ עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת מִתְבָּרְכָן.
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES: EACH PRINCE ON HIS DAY. ‘The word layom (=to the day)’, said R. Judah, ‘is an allusion to the celestial Days which were dedicated to be blessed by the twelve delimited areas;1The twelve permutations of the Tetragrammaton. and each one was put right and dedicated by means of a blessing through the days here below. We have learnt that all are blessed through the celestial altar. All are blessed, even the lower world, even the other nations of the world.’
דְּתַנְיָא, אָמַר רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, אִלְמָלֵא לָא אַקְרִיבוּ אִלֵּין תְּרֵיסָר נְשִׂיאִין, לָא יָכִיל עָלְמָא לְמֵיקָם קַמֵּי תְּרֵיסָר נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׁמָעֵאל, דִּכְתִּיב, (בראשית כ״ה:ט״ז) שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר נְשִׂיאִים לְאוּמוֹתָם. מִדְּאַקְרִיבוּ אִלֵּין דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, נָסִיבוּ שׁוּלְטָנוּתָא דְּכֻלְּהוּ, בְּגִין כָּךְ נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֹם.
R. Simeon said: ‘If not for the sacrifices offered by these twelve princes, the world could not stand against the twelve princes of Ishmael, of whom it is written, “twelve princes according to their nations” (Gen. 25, 16). Hence “each prince on the day”;
וְכָל מַה דְּאַקְרִיבוּ, כְּגַוְונָא דִּלְעֵילָּא אַקְרִיבוּ, בְּגִין דְּיִתְבָּרְכוּן כֻּלְּהוֹן. אֵילִם שִׁשִּׁים, עַתּוּדִים שִׁשִּׁים, כְּמָה דִּכְתִּיב, (שיר השירים ג׳:ז׳) שִׁשִּׁים גִּבּוֹרִים סָבִיב לָהּ, דְּבִסְטַר גְּבוּרָה. כַּף אַחַת עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב וְגוֹ', וְהָא אִתְּמַר, זַכָּאָה חוּלָקֵיהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָּיא, דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מֵרִיק עָלַיְיהוּ בִּרְכָאן, וְצַיִית צְלוֹתְהוֹן, וְעָלַיְיהוּ כְּתִיב, (תהילים ק״ב:י״ח) פָּנָה אֶל תְּפִלַּת הָעַרְעָר וְלֹא בָזָה אֶת תְּפִלָּתָם וְגוֹ'. בָּרוּךְ יְיָ לְעוֹלָם אָמֵן וְאָמֵן. יִמְלוֹךְ ה' לְעוֹלָם אָמֵן וְאָמֵן.
and whatever he offered was after the celestial pattern, so that all should receive the blessing. THE RAMS SIXTY, THE HE-GOATS SIXTY, representing the threescore mighty men about it” (S.S. 3, 7), which belong to the side of Strength. ONE GOLDEN SPOON OF TEN GOLDEN SHEKELS, etc. Based on this, it was declared: Happy is the portion of the righteous on whom the Holy One, blessed be He, pours blessings, and unto whose prayer He hearkens. Regarding them it is written: “When he hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer” (Ps. 102, 18).’