In between stands the vision of the unity of Israel illustrated by the parable of the stick of Yosef and the stick of Yehuda becoming one: “Behold, I take the stick of Yosef, which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel his companions, and I place upon it the stick of Yehuda, and I make them into one stick, and they shall be one in My hand” (Ezekiel 37). Although we are in the midst of the process, and we are still at the stage of national consolidation, namely the establishment of the State and the struggle for its existence in the face of the opposition of the nations of the world, these are days of Mashiach ben Yosef, according to the interpretation of the Malbim and Rav Kook, of blessed memory. All this will be when the People of Israel and the State of Israel assume the place promised to them and fitting for them, in the words of the prophet: “And it shall be in the end of days that the mountain of the House of the Lord shall be established at the head of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all the nations shall flow unto it… for from Zion shall go forth Torah, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem” (Isaiah 2).
Author: Rabbi Dov Begon
Published at: 2025-12-28 20:51:21
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