AND MOSES REARED UP THE TABERNACLE. R. Judah began a discourse on the verse: “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; though I have fallen, I have arisen, etc.” (Micah 7, 8). ‘It is the Community of Israel that says this’, he said, ‘in regard to the enmity of the wicked kingdom against the holy kingdom. “Though I have fallen” she says, “I have arisen”, which is not so with any other kingdom, which once it falls never rises again.
But the Community of Israel will rise again as she has risen before other times. She had fallen many times, was driven into exile, dwelt among enemies, and nations arose against Israel in an attempt to exterminate them, as it says: “They hold crafty converse against thy people…. They have said: Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation” (Ps. 83, 45). Yet, though all nations rose against them, God did not leave them in their hands, and if they did fall it was to rise again.
And so at that future time when the Holy One, blessed be He, will raise her from the dust of the exile, the Community of Israel will say: “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; though I am fallen, I shall arise”. Thus Israel arose from the Egyptian exile from which Moses brought them out with all the miracles and mighty deeds that the Almighty wrought for them. Hence it is written: “And Moses reared up the tabernacle”, signifying that it was raised by Moses every time.’
(שמות מ׳:י״ח) וַיָּקֶם מֹשֶׁה אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן רִבִּי יְהוּדָה פָּתַח, (מיכה ז׳:ח׳) אַל תִּשְׂמְחִי אוֹיַבְתִּי לִי כִּי נָפַלְתִּי קָמְתִּי וְגוֹ'. מַאן אוֹיַבְתִּי לִי. דְּבָבוּ דְּמַלְכוּ חַיָּיבָא בְּמַלְכוּת קַדִּישָׁא. וְהַאי קְרָא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אָמַר לֵיהּ, אַל תִּשְׂמְחִי אוֹיַבְתִּי לִי כִּי נָפַלְתִּי קָמְתִּי, מַה דְּלֵית לָךְ הָכִי (נ"א לה הכי) לְמַלְכוּ אַחֲרָא, דְּכֵיוָן דְּתִפּוֹל לָא תָּקוּם לְעָלְמִין. אֲבָל כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, אַף עַל גַּב דְּנַפְלַת, תָּקוּם וְקָמַת שְׁאַר זִמְנִין. דִּכְתִּיב כִּי נָפַלְתִּי קָמְתִּי.
AND MOSES REARED UP THE TABERNACLE. R. Judah began a discourse on the verse: “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; though I have fallen, I have arisen, etc.” (Micah 7, 8). ‘It is the Community of Israel that says this’, he said, ‘in regard to the enmity of the wicked kingdom against the holy kingdom. “Though I have fallen” she says, “I have arisen”, which is not so with any other kingdom, which once it falls never rises again.
דְּהָא כַּמָה זִמְנִין נַפְלַת כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּגָלוּתָא, וְיָתְבָא בֵּין אִינּוּן מָארֵי דְּבָבוּ, וּשְׁאַר עַמִּין קָמוּ עָלַיְיהוּ דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לְשֵׁיצָאָה לוֹן מֵעָלְמָא, (ולא יכילו) כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (תהילים פ״ג:ד׳) עַל עַמְּךָ יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד, וּכְתִיב כִּי נוֹעֲצוּ לֵב יַחְדָּיו וְגוֹ', אָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַכְחִידֵם מִגּוֹי. וְעִם כָּל דָּא, אַף עַל גַּב דִּשְׁאַר עַמִּין קָמוּ עָלַיְיהוּ, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לָא אֲנָח לוֹן בִּידַיְיהוּ, וְאִי נָפְלוּ קָמוּ, דִּכְתִּיב כִּי נָפַלְתִּי קָמְתִּי. דְּהָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אָקִים לָהּ תָּדִיר.
But the Community of Israel will rise again as she has risen before other times. She had fallen many times, was driven into exile, dwelt among enemies, and nations arose against Israel in an attempt to exterminate them, as it says: “They hold crafty converse against thy people…. They have said: Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation” (Ps. 83, 45). Yet, though all nations rose against them, God did not leave them in their hands, and if they did fall it was to rise again.
וּזְמִינָא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, לוֹמַר בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יוֹקִים לָהּ מֵעַפְרָא דְּגָלוּתָא, וְתִסְתָּלַק מִנֵּיהּ, אַל תִּשְׂמְחִי אוֹיַבְתִּי לִי כִּי נָפַלְתִּי קָמְתִּי. כִּי נָפַלְתִּי בְּגָלוּתָא, וְאִשְׁתַּעְבְּדוּ בָּנַי, קָמְתִּי בְּהַאי זִמְנָא. וּבְגִין כַּךְ, בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא דְּאַפִּיק מֹשֶׁה לוֹן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, כַּד עָבֵד לוֹן קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אִינּוּן נִסִּין וּגְבוּרָאן דְּעָבַד לוֹן. כְּדֵין וַיָּקֶם מֹשֶׁה אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן כְּתִיב, דְּהָא עַל יְדָא דְּמֹשֶׁה אִתְּקַם בְּכָל זִמְנָא.
And so at that future time when the Holy One, blessed be He, will raise her from the dust of the exile, the Community of Israel will say: “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; though I am fallen, I shall arise”. Thus Israel arose from the Egyptian exile from which Moses brought them out with all the miracles and mighty deeds that the Almighty wrought for them. Hence it is written: “And Moses reared up the tabernacle”, signifying that it was raised by Moses every time.’