Yehezkel's Prophecies of Consolation

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  1. The Unity of Israel

    Haftarot: Vayigash

    Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein

    The prophet promises that Israel will remain one united and undivided nation. What will be the nature of this unity?

  2. Prophecies of Redemption in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel

    Dr. Tova Ganzel | Hour and 4 minutes

    The prophecies of redemption of Yehezkel, Yirmiyahu and Yeshayahu each have unique characteristics that define them, influenced by their context - both time and place- within which they were said. By closely examining these prophecies we can understand each of their unique content and appreciate the historical context that lies in the background of each of these prophecies. 

  3. Yehezkel 36-37

    Matan Al Haperek

    Rabbi David Sabato

    Perek 36 begins with words of consolation and redemption for the land and continues with a description of the redemption for the nation. The description of the redemption of the people includes a prophetic-historical survey of the nation of Israel which concentrates on the desecration of God's name in the exile and on the redemption which will follow it.

    Perek 37 includes two prophecies which describe the stages of the redemption using bole imagery. These are some of the most prominent prophecies in the national consciousness. The first prophecy (1-14) is the vision of the resurrection of the dry bones which is revealed to Yechezkel in the valley. This wonderful vision is a metaphor for the revival of the nation and its redemption. The second prophecy (15-28) is a symbolic prophecy, in which Yechezkel is commanded to join together two sticks which symbolize the two kingdoms, Israel and Judah, as an expression of the reunification of the tribes of Israel in the land in the time of the redemption. 

  4. Yehezkel 40-41

    Matan Al Haperek

    Rabbi David Sabato

    Perek 40 begins the last section of the book, which deals with the vision of the future temple and the borders of the land inheritances of the tribes after the redemption. In perakim 40-42 we find a description of Yechezkel's visionary tour through the temple "in the visions of God", which parallels the tour described in the first section of the book, in perakim 8-11. While the first tour is meant to demonstrate to the prophet the sins which defiled the temple and caused the Shechina (spirit of God) to leave and the destruction of the temple, here the tour is meant to herald the return of the Shechina to the temple, and the rebuilding of the temple in the future. The unique characteristics of the future temple embody the trend of repair and sanctification as compared to the first temple which was defiled and destroyed.

    The vision opens with an introduction which describes the time setting of the vision and the encounter with the man (40:1-4). This is followed by the man and Yechezkel beginning to tour the wall which surrounds the temple through the eastern gate, the hall (ulam) of the gate and the cells on the sides of the gate (5-16), and entering the outer court (17-27). In the next stage he enters the inner court and its various gates (28-37), sees the tables and other implements in the court for the purpose of the sacrifices (38-43) and the chambers of the priests in the inner court (44-46). Subsequently, Yechezkel enters the temple and sees the hall of the temple, the inner temple and the holy of holies (40:47-41:26). 

  5. Yehezkel 47-48

    Matan Al Haperek

    Rabbi David Sabato

    Perek 47: the perakim about the Temple end with a wonderful vision of a stream that trickles out of the Temple and flows to the Dead Sea (1-2). The stream begins as a weak trickle and grows until the prophet can no longer pass over it (3-6). The wondrous waters revive and heal everything around them, eventually reaching the Dead Sea which becomes a vibrant and blossoming area (7-12). The vision of the stream trickling out of the Temple is the transition from the perakim of the Temple which come before it to the perakim which deal with the division of the land and the borders which come after.

     The section which ends Sefer Yechezkel deals with the future borders of the land and its division for the tribes. This division of the land for the tribes is completely different from the division which took place in the days of the First Temple. It is based on dividing the land into equal strips, with the Temple and the city being central and shared by all the tribes. 

  6. Haftara for VaYigash - Living in the Land or Upon the Land

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  7. Haftarat Shavuot: Daring Optimism

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  8. Yechezkel's Contribution to the Redemption

    Dr. Adina Sternberg | Hour and 10 minutes

    A comparison between Judah's exile and redemption and Israel's exile, seemingly without redemption, raises the question what affected the change in outcome. We will deal with a few of Yechezkel's tactics and issues that he addresses, to try to suggest part of the answer.