Pisqa’ 31493H:321;JN2:337. 1. “Like an eagle tending his nest” (Dt.32:11)— take your typical eagle, for example. He will not enter his nest [with food] without first arousing his nestlings with his wings— whether between one tree and another, or between one bush and another— in order to alert them, and to give them the strength to receive his weight. So, too, when the Blessed Holy One disclosed [Himself] to impart Torah to Israel, he didn’t disclose [Himself] to them from one direction. Rather, He disclosed [Himself] from four directions, as it is said: “HASHEM is to come from Sinai” (Dt.33:2); “And will rise upon them from Se’ir” (Dt.33:2); “And will appear from Mt. Paran” (Dt.33:2); So what is the fourth direction? “God will come from Teman” (Hab.3:3).94//Mechilta Rashbi-Nelson, bakhodesh, pp. 216-217.
“He shall spread His wings to take him” (Dt.32:11). Accordingly, it is said: “And in the wasteland, as you saw how HASHEM your God carried you” (Dt.1:31).
“He will bear him upon his limbs” (Dt.32:11). Accordingly, it is stated: “And I carried you on eagles’ wings” (Ex.19:4).
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דָּבָר אַחֵר כְּנֶשֶׁר יָעִיר קִנּוֹ, זֶה לֶעָתִיד לָבוֹא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שיר השירים ב ח): ״קוֹל דּוֹדִי הִנֵּה זֶה בָּא״.
2. Another word: “Like an eagle tending his nest” (Dt.32:11)— this [refers to] the future, as it is said: “The voice of my lover, indeed, is approaching” (Song2:8)
“He shall spread His wings to take him” (Dt.32:11). Accordingly, it is said: “I will say to the north—give up! And to the south—do not withhold! Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth” (Is.43:6).
(דברים לב יא) כְּנֶשֶׁר יָעִיר קִנּוֹ, מַה נֶּשֶׁר זֶה אֵין נִכְנָס לְקִנּוֹ מִיָּד עַד שֶׁהוּא מְטָרֵף אֶת בָּנָיו בִּכְנָפָיו בֵּין אִילָן לַחֲבֵרוֹ בֵּין סֻכָּה לַחֲבֶרְתָּהּ, בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁיִּתְעוֹרְרוּ, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהֵא בָהֶם כֹּחַ לְקַבְּלוֹ, כָּךְ כְּשֶׁנִּגְלָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לִתֵּן תּוֹרָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא נִגְלָה עֲלֵיהֶם מֵרוּחַ אַחַת אֶלָּא מֵאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים לג ב): ״וַיֹּאמַר ה׳ מִסִּינַי בָּא וְזָרַח מִשֵּׂעִיר לָמוֹ״, אֵיזוֹ הִיא רוּחַ רְבִיעִית? (חבקוק ג ג): ״אֱלוֹהַּ מִתֵּימָן יָבוֹא״.
Pisqa’ 31493H:321;JN2:337.
1. “Like an eagle tending his nest” (Dt.32:11)—
take your typical eagle, for example.
He will not enter his nest [with food]
without first arousing his nestlings with his wings—
whether between one tree and another,
or between one bush and another—
in order to alert them,
and to give them the strength to receive his weight.
So, too, when the Blessed Holy One
disclosed [Himself] to impart Torah to Israel,
he didn’t disclose [Himself] to them from one direction.
Rather, He disclosed [Himself] from four directions, as it is said:
“HASHEM is to come from Sinai” (Dt.33:2);
“And will rise upon them from Se’ir” (Dt.33:2);
“And will appear from Mt. Paran” (Dt.33:2);
So what is the fourth direction?
“God will come from Teman” (Hab.3:3).94//Mechilta Rashbi-Nelson, bakhodesh, pp. 216-217.
יִפְרוֹשׂ כְּנָפָיו יִקָּחֵהוּ, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים א לא): ״וּבַמִּדְבָּר אֲשֶׁר רָאִיתָ אֲשֶׁר נְשָׂאֲךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ״.
“He shall spread His wings to take him” (Dt.32:11).
Accordingly, it is said:
“And in the wasteland,
as you saw how HASHEM your God carried you” (Dt.1:31).
יִשָּׂאֵהוּ עַל אֶבְרָתוֹ, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות יט ד): ״וָאֶשָּׂא אֶתְכֶם עַל כַּנְפֵי נְשָׁרִים״.
“He will bear him upon his limbs” (Dt.32:11).
Accordingly, it is stated:
“And I carried you on eagles’ wings” (Ex.19:4).
דָּבָר אַחֵר כְּנֶשֶׁר יָעִיר קִנּוֹ, זֶה לֶעָתִיד לָבוֹא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שיר השירים ב ח): ״קוֹל דּוֹדִי הִנֵּה זֶה בָּא״.
2. Another word:
“Like an eagle tending his nest” (Dt.32:11)—
this [refers to] the future,
as it is said: “The voice of my lover, indeed, is approaching” (Song2:8)
יִפְרֹשׂ כְּנָפָיו, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה מג ו): ״אוֹמַר לַצָּפוֹן תֵּנִי וּלְתֵימָן אַל תִּכְלָאִי״.
“He shall spread His wings to take him” (Dt.32:11).
Accordingly, it is said:
“I will say to the north—give up! And to the south—do not withhold!
Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth” (Is.43:6).
יִשָּׂאֵהוּ עַל אֶבְרָתוֹ, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה מט כב): ״וְהֵבִיאוּ בָנַיִךְ בְּחֹצֶן״.
“He will bear him upon his limbs” (Dt.32:11).
Accordingly, it is stated:
“And they shall bring your sons in their bosoms” (Is.49:22).