The Exile goes on

Synopsis

Rabbi Chiya says that the exile has gone on for a long time, but still the son of David has not come. Rabbi Chiya answers that the pledge that God has guaranteed them enables them to bear their exile; otherwise they would never be able to tolerate it. Although everything depends on repentance, still there are many people who will not repent. We read a story about the mother of a wayward son, who weeps for her child who has been exiled by the father, and thereby persuades the father to take him back. After the son sins again, the father exiles both the boy and his mother. The story shows why God exiled the children of Yisrael to Egypt. We read that God wants the children of Yisrael to be as a reflection of above, perfect lilies like the supernal lily; therefore he sowed seventy couples that were seventy souls and put them among the thorns that were the Egyptians. Then the thorns grew branches and ruled over the world, with the lily blooming among them. When God wished to retrieve his lilies the dead thorns were cast aside and destroyed. During the exile in Babylon the children of Yisrael sinned greatly, and Malchut pleaded with Zeir Anpin on their behalf. When they sinned again God exiled them together with Malchut, their guarantor. We are told that if people repent, even one pain that they have undergone will be considered as though they have suffered all the pains of exile; if they do not repent, they must wait until all the generations that precede the end appear.

David Exile Heart Suffering

21. Said Rabbi Chiya: It is certainly so, but we see, as well as the mighty ones of the world, MEANING THE NATIONS, that the exile grows long yet the son of David has still not come. Said Rabbi Yosi: All this is so. But all these pledges that the Holy One, blessed be He, has guaranteed them to enable Yisrael to bear this exile. And we have learned that they enter synagogues and study halls and see all these consolations IN THE HOLY BOOKS, and rejoice in their hearts to suffer whatever comes upon them. And were it not for that they would not be able to tolerate it.

21. א"ר חִיָּיא הָכִי הוּא וַדַּאי, אֲבָל חֲמֵינָן וְהָכִי חָמוּ תַּקִיפֵי עָלְמָא, דְּהָא גָּלוּתָא אִתְמְשָׁךְ וַעֲדַיִין בְּרֵיהּ דְּדָוִד לָא אָתֵי. א"ר יוֹסֵי, וְכָל דָּא הָכִי הוּא, אֲבָל מַאן עָבִיד דְּיִסְבְּלוּן יִשְׂרָאֵל גָּלוּתָא דָּא, כָּל אִינּוּן הַבְטָחוֹת דְּאַבְטַח לוֹן קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. וְהָא אִתְּמַר, דְּעָאלִין לְבָתֵּי כְּנֵסִיּוֹת וּלְבָתֵי מִדְרָשׁוֹת, וְחָמָאן כָּל אִינּוּן נֶחָמוֹת, וְחָדָאן בְּלִבַּיְיהוּ לְמִסְבַּל כָּל מַה דְּיֵיתֵי עָלַיְיהוּ, וְאִלְמָלֵא דָּא לָא יַכְלִין לְמִסְבַּל.

Exile Heaven Repentance

22. Rabbi Chiya said: Certainly, it is so. And everything depends upon repentance. If you believe that everyone together can be aroused to repent, even now, it is not so. What is the reason that they can not? Because it is written: "And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon you...and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, into which Hashem your Elohim has driven you, and shall return to Hashem your Elohim" (Devarim 1:2). And then, "If your outcasts be at the utmost parts of heaven, from there will Hashem your Elohim gather you" (Ibid. 4). And before all these things are fulfilled they can not be aroused to repentance.

22. א"ר חִיָּיא וַדַּאי הָכִי אִיהוּ, וְכֹלָּא בִּתְשׁוּבָה תַּלְיָא. וְאִי תֵּימָא דְּיִכְלוּן הַשְׁתָּא לְאַתְעָרָא תְּשׁוּבָה כֻּלְּהוּ כַּחֲדָא. לָא יַכְלִין. מ"ט לָא יַכְלִין. בְּגִין דִּכְתִּיב, וְהָיָה כִּי יָבֹאוּ עָלֶיךָ כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה. וּכְתִּיב וַהֲשֵׁבוֹתָ אֶל לְבָבֶךָ בְּכָל הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הִדִּיחֲךָ וְגוֹ'. וּכְתִיב וְשַׁבְתָּ עַד יְיָ' אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְגוֹ'. וּכְדֵין אִם יִהְיֶה נִדַּחֲךָ בִּקְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם מִשָּׁם יְקַבֶּצְךָ וְגוֹ'. וְעַד דְּכָל אִינּוּן מִלִּין לָא יִתְקַיְּימוּן, לָא יַכְלִין לְאַתְעֲרָא תְּשׁוּבָה מִנַּיְיהוּ.

Exile Repentance Torah

23. א"ר יוֹסֵי, כַּמָה סַתָמְתְּ כָּל אָרְחִין וּשְׁבִילִין מִכָּל בְּנֵי גָּלוּתָא, וְלָא שַׁבְקַת לוֹן פִּתְחוֹן פֶּה. אִי הָכִי, לִהֱווֹ כְּמָה דַּהֲווֹ בְּכָל דָּרָא וְדָרָא, דְּלָא יִסְבְּלוּן גָּלוּתָא וְלָא אַגְרָא, וְיִפְקוּן מִדִּינָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְיִתְעָרְבוּן בִּשְׁאַר עַמִּין.

Birth Children Exile Pregnancy Repentance Torah Women

24. He opened the discussion, saying: "Like a woman with child, that draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and cries out in her pangs..." (Yeshayah 26:17). What is "Like a woman with child?" It is the way of a pregnant woman to undergo nine complete months. There are many in the world for whom only one or two days of the ninth MONTH pass, when all labor and birth pangs are. Nevertheless, it is considered for her as though she has undergone the entire ninth MONTH. This is also the case with Yisrael: since they had the taste of exile, if they repent it is considered by them as though all THE TROUBLES that are written in the Torah befell them, especially since so many troubles have befallen them.

24. פָּתַח וְאָמַר, כְּמוֹ הָרָה תַּקְרִיב לָלֶדֶת תָּחִיל תִּזְעַק בַּחֲבָלֶיהָ וְגוֹ'. מַאי כְּמוֹ הָרָה, אָרַח אִיהוּ לְעוּבַּרְתָּא, לְאַעְבְּרָא עָלָהּ תֵּשַׁע יַרְחִין שְׁלֵמִין. וְאִית בְּעָלְמָא כַּמָה וְכַמָּה, דְּלָא עָבַר עָלָהּ אֶלָּא יוֹמָא חַד אוֹ תְּרֵין יוֹמִין מִתְּשִׁיעָאָה, וְכָל צִירִין וַחֲבָלִין דְּעוּבַּרְתָּא בִּתְשִׁיעָאָה אִינּוּן. וְאע"ג דְּלָא אַעְבַּר עָלָהּ אֶלָּא יוֹמָא חֲדָא, אִתְחֲשִׁיב עָלָהּ כְּאִילּוּ אִתְעֲבָרוּ כָּל תְּשִׁיעָאָה שְׁלִים. אוּף הָכִי יִשְׂרָאֵל, כֵּיוָן דְּאִטְעַמֵי טַעַם גָּלוּתָא, אִי יָהַדְרוּן בִּתְשׁוּבָה, יִתְחֲשָׁב עָלַיְיהוּ כְּאִלּוּ אַעְבְּרוּ עָלַיְיהוּ כָּל אִינּוּן מִלִּין דִּכְתִּיבִין בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא. כ"ש וְכ"ש דְּכַמָּה וְכַמָּה יִסּוּרִין אַעְבְּרוּ עָלַיְיהוּ מִן יוֹמָא דְּגָלוּתָא שָׁרֵי.

Anger House Love Mercy Soul, The

25. But what of the words: "When you are in distress, and all these things are come upon you, in the latter days" (Devarim 4:30)? Come and behold: how much Mercy has the Holy One, blessed be He, shown on Yisrael in this matter. It is like a king who had an only son whom he loved with his whole soul. In his great love for him he gave him over to his mother, the queen, to raise him and teach him the right ways. Once the son sinned against his father. His father came and beat him, and afterwards forgave him. When he sinned against his father again, his father put him out of his house, and was angry with him; the son left his house.

25. אֲבָל מַאי דִּכְתִּיב, בַּצַּר לְךָ וּמְצָאוּךָ כֹּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים. ת"ח, כַּמָּה רַחֲמָנוּתָא רָחִים קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמִלָּה דָּא. לְמַלְכָּא דַּהֲוָה לֵיהּ בְּרָא יְחִידָאָה, וְרָחִים לֵיהּ רְחִימוּ דְּנַפְשָׁא, וּמִגּוֹ רְחִימוּ דִּילֵיהּ, יָהַב לֵיהּ לְאִמֵּיהּ מַטְרוֹנִיתָא דִּתְרַבֵּי לֵיהּ, וְתוֹלִיף לֵיהּ אָרְחֵי מְתַתְקְנָן. זִמְנָא חֲדָא חָב לְגַבֵּי אֲבוּהָ, אָתָא אַבוֹהִי וְאַלְקֵי לֵיהּ, וּלְבָתַר אַעְבָּר עַל חוֹבֵיהּ. תָּב כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין וְחָב לַאֲבוּהָ, וְאַפְקֵיהּ אֲבוּהָ מִבֵּיתֵיהּ, וְאַרְגִּיז עָלֵיהּ, נָפַק הַהוּא בְּרָא מִבֵּיתֵיהּ.

Thought

26. Instead of going in the right path to be meritorious, as is proper, so that his father, the king, should hear about it and long for him, what did he do? He thought: after having left my father's palace, from now on I will do whatever I please. Then he associated with prostitutes and was besmirched and soiled with them, and remained only in their company. His mother, the queen, visited her son daily and knew that her son had joined with prostitutes and associated only with them. She started to weep and grieve for her son.

26. וּבְאֲתָר דִּיְּהַךְ בְּאֹרַח קְשׁוֹט, וִיהֵא זַכָּאָה כַּדְקָא יֵאוֹת, בְּגִין דְּיִשְׁמַע מַלְכָּא אָבוּהָ, וִיהֵא תִּיאוּבְתֵּיהּ עָלֵיהּ. מָה עֲבַד. אָמַר הוֹאִיל וְנָפַקְנָא מֵהֵיכָלָא דְּאַבָּא, אַעְבִיד מִכָּאן וּלְהָלְאָה כָּל מָה דַּאֲנָא בָּעֵי. מָה עֲבַד. אָזַל וְאִתְחַבָּר בְּזוֹנוֹת, וְאִתְלַכְלָךְ בְּלִכְלוּכָא דְּטִנּוּפָא בַּהֲדַיְיהוּ, וְלָא הֲוָה מִשְׁתְּכַח אֶלָּא בַּהֲדַיְיהוּ, בְּחִבּוּרָא דִּלְהוֹן. דְּמַטְרוֹנִיתָא אִמֵּיהּ פַּקְדַת בְּכָל יוֹמָא עַל הַהוּא בְּרָא, וְיַדְעַת דִּבְרָהּ בַּהֲדֵי זוֹנוֹת אִתְחַבָּר, וְכָל חַבְרוּתָא דִּידֵיהּ בַּהֲדַיְיהוּ הֲוָות. שָׁרִיאַת לְמִבְכֵּי, וּלְאִתְמָרְרָא עַל בְּרָהּ.

Sin

27. One day, the king came to her and saw her weeping. He asked her why she was weeping. She said to him: How can I not weep? Our son is outside the king's palace, and not only does he no longer live in the king's palace, he lives in a brothel. What will people say of the king's son who lives in a brothel? She started to weep and beseech the king. The king said: for your sake I will return him, but you must be his surety THAT HE DOES NOT SIN. She said: I WILL surely BE HIS GUARANTOR.

27. יוֹמָא חַד עָאל מַלְכָּא לְגַבָּהּ, חָמָא לָהּ דְּאִיהִי מְבַכָּה. שָׁאִיל לָהּ עַל מָה אַתְּ בָּכָאת. אָמְרָה וְלָא אֶבְכֶּה, דְּהָא בְּרָנָא לְבַר מְהֵיכָלָא דְּמַלְכָּא. וְלָא דַּי דְּהוּא לָא יָתִיב בְּהֵיכָלָא דְּמַלְכָּא, אֶלָּא דְּהוּא יָתִיב בַּהֲדֵי זוֹנוֹת. מַה יֵימְרוּן כָּל בְּנֵי עָלְמָא, בְּרֵיהּ דְּמַלְכָּא אִיהוּ דְּיָתִיב בְּבֵי זוֹנוֹת. שְׁרִיאַת לְמִבְכֵּי, וּלְאִתְחַנְּנָא לְמַלְכָּא. אָמַר מַלְכָּא, בְּגִינָךְ אַהְדָּר לֵיהּ, וְאַנְתְּ עַרְבָא דִּילֵיהּ. אַמְרַת הָא וַדַּאי.

Hosts

28. The king said: Since it is so, then it is not advisable to return him during the day, publicly, for it is an embarrassment for us to follow him to the brothel. Had it not been so, that he soiled himself so and desecrated my honor, I and all my hosts would go after him with much glory, with many trumpeters before him, with many weapons on his right and left, so all the inhabitants of the world would tremble and everyone would know that he is the king's son. But now, since he has soiled himself and desecrated my honor, he must return stealthily, so he will not be recognized. The son returned to the king, who gave him over to his mother.

28. אָמַר מַלְכָּא הוֹאִיל וְכַךְ הוּא, לָא אִצְטְרִיךְ לְאָהַדְּרָא לֵיהּ בִּימָמָא בְּאִתְגַּלְּיָא. דְּכִסּוּפָא דִּילָן אִיהוּ לְמֵהַךְ בְּגִינֵיהּ לְבֵי זוֹנוֹת. וְאִי לָא הֲוֵי כְּגַוְונָא דָּא, דְּטִנֵף גַּרְמֵיהּ הָכִי וְחִלֵּל יְקָרִי. הֲוֵינָא אֲנָא, וְכָל חַיָּילִין דִּילִי, אַזְלִין בְּגִינֵיהּ בְּכַמָּה יְקָר, בְּכַמָּה בּוּקִינָס קָמֵיהּ, בְּכַמָּה מָאנֵי קְרָבָא, מִימִינֵיהּ וּמִשְׂמָאלֵיהּ, עַד דְּכָל בְּנֵי עָלְמָא יִזְדַּעְזְעוּן, וְיִנְדְעוּן כֹּלָּא, דִּבְּרָא דְּמַלְכָּא אִיהוּ. הַשְּׁתָּא כֵּיוָן דְּאִיהוּ טִנֵף גַּרְמֵיהּ, וְחִלֵּל יְקָרִי, אִיהוּ יֶהְדַּר בִּטְמִירוּ, דְּלָא יִנְדְּעוּן בֵּיהּ. אַהְדָּר לְגַבֵּי מַלְכָּא, יָהֲבֵיהּ לְגַבֵּי אִמֵּיהּ.

Exile Repentance Suffering

29. לְיוֹמִין סָרַח כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין. מָה עֲבַד מַלְכָּא. אַפִּיק לֵיהּ וּלְאִמֵּיהּ בַּהֲדֵיהּ מִגּוֹ הֵיכָלָא, אָמַר תַּרְוַויְיכוּ תֵּהַכוּן, וְתַּרְוַויְיכוּ תִּסְבְּלוּן גָּלוּתָא, וּמַלְקִיוּתָא תַּמָּן. כֵּיוָן דְּתַרְוַויְיכוּ תִּסְבְּלוּן כַּחֲדָא, כְּדֵין יָדַעְנָא דִּבְרִי יְתוּב כַּדְקָא חֲזֵי.

Abraham Egypt Egyptians Exile Sin

30. Thus, He brought Yisrael, the children of the Holy King, down to Egypt. And you may argue that at that time they had not sinned AND HE DID NOT BRING THEM DOWN BECAUSE OF SIN, but rather it was a decree that the Holy One, blessed be He, decreed between the parts that had to be fulfilled. SO IT WAS, for the Holy One, blessed be He, looked at two things. One was because of that which Abraham said, "by what shall I know that I shall inherit it" (Beresheet 15:8), which was the cause and grounds FOR THE EGYPTIAN EXILE. AND ONE WAS that before they left Egypt, they were not a nation and were not worthy TO BE A NATION.

30. כַּךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּנוֹי דְּמַלְכָּא קַדִּישָׁא אִינּוּן. אָחִית לוֹן לְמִצְרַיִם. וְאִי תֵּימָא בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא לָא חָאבוּ, גְזֵרָה דְּגָזַר קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בֵּין הַבְּתָרִים הֲוָה אִתְחָזֵי לְמֶהֱוֵי קַיָּים, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַשְׁגַּח לִתְרֵין מִלִּין, חַד בְּגִין הַהוּא מִלָּה דְּאָמַר אַבְרָהָם, בַּמָה אֵדַע כִּי אִירָשֶׁנָּה, דָּא הוּא סִבָּה וְעִילָה. אֲבָל עַד דְּנַפְקוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם, לָא הֲוֵי גּוֹי, וְלָא אִתְחָזוּ כַּדְקָא יֵאוּת.

Earth Egyptians Fragrance Lily Love Seventy Soul, The

31. He opened the discussion and said: "Like the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters" (Shir Hashirim 2:2). The Holy One, blessed be He, wanted to make the children of Yisrael as a reflection of the above, so that they would be one lily on the earth like the supernal lily, WHICH IS MALCHUT. And the lily that exudes fragrance and is the choicest of all the other lilies in the world is the one that grows among thorns. This one gives off fragrance properly. Therefore, he sowed seventy couples, which were seventy souls, and brought them among thorns, WHO WERE THE EGYPTIANS. Now as soon as the couples came among them, these thorns grew branches and leaves and ruled over the world. Then the lily bloomed among them.

31. פָּתַח וְאָמַר, כְּשׁוֹשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֹחִים כֵּן רַעְיָתִי בֵּין הַבָּנוֹת. בָּעָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְמֶעְבַּד לוֹן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּגַוְונָא דִּלְעֵילָּא וּלְמֶהֱוֵי שׁוֹשַׁנָּה חֲדָא בְּאַרְעָא, כְּגַוְונָא עִלָּאָה. וְשׁוֹשַׁנָּה דְּסַלְּקָא רֵיחָא, וְאִתְבְּרִיר מִכָּל שְׁאַר וְורָדִין דְּעָלְמָא, לָא הֲוֵי אֶלָּא הַהִיא דְּסַלְּקָא בֵּין הַחוֹחִים. וְדָא אָרְחָא כַּדְקָא יֵאוֹת. וְע"ד זָרַע שַׁבְעִין זוּגִין, דַּהֲווֹ שִׁבְעִין נֶפֶשׁ, וְאָעִיל לוֹן בֵּין הַחוֹחִים, וְאִינּוּן חוֹחִים, מִיַּד דַּהֲווֹ אִינּוּן זוּגִין תַּמָּן, סְלִיקוּ עַנְפִין וְטַרְפִּין וּשְׁלִיטוּ עַל עָלְמָא, וּכְדֵין פַּרְחַת שׁוֹשַׁנָה בֵּינַיְיהוּ.

Banners Firstborn Hosts House Lily

32. כֵּיוָן דְּבָעָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְאַפָּקָא שׁוֹשַׁנָה וְלָקִיט לָהּ מִבֵּינַיְיהוּ, כְּדֵין יָבְשׁוּ חוֹחִים, וְאִזְדְרִיקוּ, וְאִשְׁתֵּצִיאוּ, וְלָא אִתְחַשְׁבוּ לִכְלוּם. בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאָזִיל לְמִלְקְטָא שׁוֹשַׁנָה דָּא, לְאַפָּקָא בְּרֵיהּ בּוּכְרֵיהּ, בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא אָזַל מַלְכָּא גּוֹ כַּמָה חַיָּילִין רַבְרְבָנִין וְשַׁלִּיטִין, עִם דְּגָלִין פְּרִישָׂן, וְאַפִּיק לִבְרֵיהּ בּוּכְרֵיהּ בְּכַמָּה גְּבוּרִין, וְאַיְיתֵי לֵיהּ לְהֵיכָלֵיהּ, וְיָתִיב סַגִּי בְּבֵי מַלְכָּא.

Anger Babylon Hands House Marriage Women Zeir Anpin

33. When he sinned against his father, he admonished him and beat him, as it is written: "And the anger of Hashem burned against Yisrael, and He delivered them into the hands of spoilers..." (Shoftim 2:14). When he sinned as before and rebelled against his father, he put him out of his house. What did the children of Yisrael do? They saw that they were dispersed in Babylon, they mingled with the nations, married foreign women, and begot children by them. With all this, the Holy Mother, NAMELY MALCHUT, was their guardian. SHE PLEADED ON THEIR BEHALF BEFORE THE KING, ZEIR ANPIN.

33. כֵּיוָן דְּחַב לְגַבֵּי אֲבוּהָ, אוֹכַח לֵיהּ, וְאַלְקֵי לֵיהּ, דִּכְתִּיב, וַיִּחַר אַף יְיָ' בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּתְּנֵם בְּיַד שׁוֹסִים וְגוֹ', סָרַח כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין, וּמָרַד בְּאָבוּהָ, אַפְקֵיהּ מִבֵּיתֵיהּ. מַה עַבְדוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל, חָמוּ דְּהָא אִתְבַּדְרוּ לְבָבֶל, אִתְעָרְבוּ בְּעַמְמַיָא, נָסִיבוּ נָשִׁין נָכְרִיּוֹת, וְאוֹלִידוּ בְּנִין מִנְּהוֹן. עכ"ד, אִימָא קַדִּישָׁא הֲוַת אַפֹּטְרוֹפּוֹסָא עָלַיְיהוּ.

Deeds Egypt Miracle

34. Because they did this, the Holy One, blessed be He, said: 'Since this is an embarrassment for Me, let My son come by himself. Since he desecrated My honor, he is not worthy that I should go there to take him out and perform miracles and mighty deeds as before, IN EGYPT'. They returned without the help that they should have had, without wonders and miracles. Rather, they were dejected, weary in poverty, and returned to the King's palace in shame, and the Holy Mother, WHO IS MALCHUT, was a guarantor for them.

34. וְעַל דְּעָבֵד הָכִי, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אָמַר, הוֹאִיל וְכִסּוּפָא אִיהוּ, לֵיתֵי בְּרִי אִיהוּ מִגַּרְמֵיהּ, הוֹאִיל וְחִלֵּל יְקָרִי, לָא אִתְחָזֵי דְּאָנָא אֵיזִיל תַּמָּן לְאַפָּקָא לֵיהּ, וּלְמֶעְבַּד לֵיהּ נִסִּין וּגְבוּרָן כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין. תָּבוּ אִינּוּן, בְּלָא סִיּוּעָא דְּאִתְחָזוּ לוֹן, בְּלָא פְּלִיאָן וְנִסִּין, אֶלָּא כֻּלְּהוּ מִתְבַּדְּרָן, כֻּלְּהוּ לְאָן בְּמִסְכְּנוּ, וְתָבוּ לְהֵיכָלָא דְּמַלְכָּא בְּכִסּוּפָא, וְאֵימָא קַדִּישָׁא עַרְבַת לוֹן.

Exile Suffering Ten

35. They sinned as before. What did the Holy One, blessed be He, do? He took His son out of His palace again, and his Mother with him. He said: 'From now on, the mother and her son are together. Let them suffer many evils.' This is the meaning of, "And for your transgressions was your mother put away" (Yeshayah 50:1). Of this is it written, "When you are in distress, and all these things are come upon you, in the latter days" (Devarim 4:30). What is "the latter days?" This is the Holy Mother, NAMELY MALCHUT, WHICH IS THE LAST OF THE TEN SFIROT, and together with Her they suffered whatever they suffered in exile.

35. חָאבוּ כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין. מָה עֲבַד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. אַפִּיק לְהַאי בְּרָא כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין מְהֵיכָלֵיהּ, וְאִימֵּיהּ בַּהֲדֵיהּ. אָמַר, מִכָּאן וּלְהָלְאָה, אִימָא וּבְרָהּ יִסְבְּלוּן כַּמָה בִּישִׁין כַּחֲדָא, הה"ד וּבְפִשְׁעֵיכֶם שֻׁלְּחָה אִמְּכֶם. וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב, בַּצַּר לְךָ וּמְצָאוּךָ כֹּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים. מַאי בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים. אֶלָּא דָּא הִיא אִימָא קַדִּישָׁא, דְּהִיא אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים, וְעִמָּהּ סַבְלוּ כָּל מָה דְּסַבְלוּ בְּגָלוּתָא.

Evil Exile Repentance Suffering

36. But if they repent, then even one pain or one evil they underwent would be considered for them as though they suffered all the troubles of exile; but if not, IF THEY DO NOT REPENT, THEY MUST WAIT until the end with all its generations. As the holy luminary said, the words, "for ever" (Vayikra 25:23), refer to the purchaser for generations - THAT IS, UNTIL ALL THE GENERATIONS THAT PRECEDE THE END APPEAR. And with all this, it depends upon repentance. Rabbi Chiya said: It is certainly so. Therefore, the exile goes on.

36. וְאִילּוּ יְהַדְרוּן בְּתִיּוּבְתָא, אֲפִילּוּ חַד בִּישׁ, אוֹ חַד צַעֲרָא, דִּיעָבַר עָלַיְיהוּ, אִתְחֲשֵׁב עָלַיְיהוּ, כְּאִלּוּ סַבְלוּ כֹּלָּא וְאִי לָא. כַּד יִסְתַּיֵים קִיצָא, וְכָל דָּרִין דִּילֵיהּ. כְּמָה דְּאָמַר בּוּצִינָא קַדִּישָׁא, דִּכְתִּיב לִצְּמִיתוּת לַקּוֹנֶה אוֹתוֹ לְדוֹרוֹתָיו. וְכָל דָּא, בְּתִיּוּבְתָא תַּלְיָא מִילְּתָא. א"ר חִיָּיא, וַדַּאי הָכִי הוּא. וְע"ד גָּלוּתָא אִתְמְשָׁךְ.