238. At that moment, He gestured to THE ANGEL Yofiel, the chief minister of the Torah. YOFIEL said to Moses, I explained this verse. The words, "If a man have" refer to the Holy One, blessed be He, as it says, "Hashem is a man of war" (Shemot 15:3). The son, which is Yisrael; "stubborn and rebellious," as it is written: "For Yisrael is headstrong like a headstrong heifer" (Hoshea 4:16). "Who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother:" That is the Holy One, blessed be He, and the Congregation of Yisrael, WHICH IS MALCHUT. "When they have chastened him" is as it is written: "Then Hashem testified against Yisrael, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers..." (II Melachim 17:13). "Will not hearken to them," as it is written: "Yet they would not hear...;" "then shall his father and his mother lay hold of him," meaning with the same mind and agreement.
238. בְּהַהוִא שַׁעֲתָא רָמַז לֵיהּ לְיוֹפִיאֵ"ל, רַבָּנָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, אָמַר לְמֹשֶׁה, אֲנָא דָּרִישְׁנָא לְהַאי קְרָא כְּתִיב כִּי יִהְיֶה לְאִישׁ, דָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דִּכְתִּיב יְיָ' אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה. בֵּן, דָּא יִשְׂרָאֵל. סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה, דִּכְתִּיב כִּי כְּפָרָה סוֹרֵרָה סָרַר יִשְׂרָאֵל. אֵינֶנּוּ שׁוֹמֵעַ בְּקוֹל אָבִיו וּבְקוֹל אִמּוֹ, דָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּכְנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל. וְיִסְּרוּ אוֹתוֹ, דִּכְתִּיב, וַיָּעַד יְיָ' בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וּבִיהוּדָה בְּיַד כָּל נְבִיאֵי כָל חוֹזֶה וְגוֹ.' וְלֹא שָׁמַע אֲלֵיהֶם, דִּכְתִּיב וְלֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ אֶל יְיָ' וְגוֹ.' וְתָפְשׂוּ בוֹ אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ, בְּדַעְתָּא חֲדָא. בְּהַסְכָּמָה חֲדָא.