“A blessing rests only on something that is hidden from the eye.” [Taanit 5b]
According to the Zohar, the dot on the word - וּבְקוּמָהּ - alludes to the fact that God was secretly assisting this event, because Moshiach was to materialize from it, since Ruth, King David's great-grandmother, was a convert from the Moabites.
The latter event between Lot and his younger daughter [19:35] is written without the letter vav, to indicate that the union did not produce such great offspring. Rabbi Shimon said "When the verses states that Lot wasn't aware, it means he wasn't aware that Moshiach was destined to come from this union."
Why should the beginnings of Moshiach occur in such an undignified manner?
Ramak explains that when a very lofty soul is about to descend into the world, the forces of kelipah [evil] oppose the soul's descent vehemently. Sometimes, however, kelipah will consent to the soul's descent if it occurs amidst a particularly sinful act. Thus we find that from this undesirable act the ancestor of Moshiach was born.
Source: Lubavitcher Rebbe
Hi Devorah. I always find this Torah perspective to be one of the most eye opening and brilliant.
ReplyDeleteI was talking about this with others more recently. The sitra achra has justifies kitrugim against us and yet Hashem, in His kindness allows us to be protected in hidden ways .....it blew me away when I heard this concept...
It's literally a distraction amongst many things to keep us safe.....
It's kind of hard to explain. sometimes, yet it's there.....