Hashem remembered His Nation and with unbelievable miracles returned us to our land after a bitter Exile. Thank God for His kindness towards us that He took us from death to life, darkness to light, from subjugation to other nations to freedom in the Land of Israel which produces beautiful fruit to its returning children.
The Navi Yechezkel explains that Geula (Redemption) happens in stages. The first stage is the gathering of Exiles, which is analogous to bringing the limbs of the body close to one another so that they should be together. This is the concept of "And the bones came close, bone to bone (Ez. 37:7). A closeness akin to that of neighbors. This is what we experience now that we are gathered to our land and live in close proximity to one another and are no longer scattered to the fours winds of the heavens.
After this stage comes the life giving spirit; the Neshama that flows through the limbs to truly unite them. They are no longer a gathering of bones that are near each other. This is the real connection in which the individual identity of the limbs is subsumed to the creation of a complete being - a national life, a life with the Schechina.
These two stages are clearly explained in the verses about the Dry Bones:
The Navi Yechezkel explains that Geula (Redemption) happens in stages. The first stage is the gathering of Exiles, which is analogous to bringing the limbs of the body close to one another so that they should be together. This is the concept of "And the bones came close, bone to bone (Ez. 37:7). A closeness akin to that of neighbors. This is what we experience now that we are gathered to our land and live in close proximity to one another and are no longer scattered to the fours winds of the heavens.
After this stage comes the life giving spirit; the Neshama that flows through the limbs to truly unite them. They are no longer a gathering of bones that are near each other. This is the real connection in which the individual identity of the limbs is subsumed to the creation of a complete being - a national life, a life with the Schechina.
These two stages are clearly explained in the verses about the Dry Bones:
ז וְנִבֵּאתִי כַּאֲשֶׁר צֻוֵּיתִי וַיְהִי קוֹל כְּהִנָּבְאִי וְהִנֵּה רַעַשׁ וַתִּקְרְבוּ עֲצָמוֹת עֶצֶם אֶל עַצְמוֹ. ח וְרָאִיתִי וְהִנֵּה עֲלֵיהֶם גִּדִים וּבָשָׂר עָלָה וַיִּקְרַם עֲלֵיהֶם עוֹר מִלְמָעְלָה וְרוּחַ
אֵין בָּהֶם
"And I prophesied as I was commanded, and there was a noise and the bones came close, bone to its bone. And I saw and there was growing upon them sinews and flesh, and they were covered by skin above, but there was no spirit in them."
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