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and I decreed death on Adam the first man, to demonstrate that he was human and not a god.
§ The Talmud returns to the aforementioned verse: “And YHWH will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over those who are invited to it, a cloud and smoke by day” (Isaiah 4:5). What is the meaning of the phrase: “And over those who are invited to it”? Rabba says that R' Yoḥanan says: J
And Rabba says that R' Yoḥanan says: In the future, the righteous will be called by the name of God; as it is stated: “Every one that is called by My name, and whom I have created for My glory, I have formed him, yea, I have made him” (Isaiah 43:7). This indicates that one who was created by God an
With regard to the righteous, this is as we have just said. With regard to the Messiah, this is as it is written: “And this is his name whereby he shall be called, YHWH is our righteousness” (Jeremiah 23:6). With regard to Jerusalem, this is as it is written: “It shall be 18,000 reeds round about
And Rabba says that R' Yoḥanan says: In the future, God will raise Jerusalem 3 parasangs upward; as it is stated: “And it shall be lifted up and inhabited in its place” (Zechariah 14:10). What is the meaning of the phrase “in its place”? It means equivalent to its place, i.e., Jerusalem will be r