"Two young deers"

Synopsis

Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Yosi hear a voice coming from a cave that speaks about two young deers and says they are the holy camp that Jacob met on his way. The voice then says that those two were Abraham and Isaac. Rabbi Elazar sees his father's image, and it says that the voice is a mouth which speaks great things. Rabbi Shimon also says that the souls of the righteous, who are holy angels, come to the righteous to save them. Although Isaac was alive when he was about to be sacrificed on the altar, his soul was taken to the Throne of God, after which time his eyes were dim.

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61. Tosefta (Addendum). Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Yosi his father-in-law were on their way from Osha to Lod. Rabbi Yosi asked Rabbi Elazar whether he had heard from his father an explanation of the verse written of Jacob: "And Jacob went on his way and angels of Elohim met him" (Beresheet 32:2). He latter replied that he did not know. When they arrived at the cave of Lod, they heard a voice that said: 'Two young deers have pleased me by fulfilling My desire; these are the holy camp that Jacob met on his way.' Those words made Rabbi Elazar very excited, and he then said: Master of the Universe, such are His ways, for it is better for us not to hear. I hear yet do not comprehend.

61. (תוספתא) רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, וְר' יוֹסֵי חָמוּי, הֲווֹ אָזְלֵי מֵאוּשָׁא לְלוּד. א"ר יוֹסֵי לְר' אֶלְעָזָר, אֶפְשָׁר שַׁמַעְת מֵאָבוּךְ מַאי דִּכְתִּיב, וְיַעֲקֺב הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֹ וְגוֹ.' אָ"ל לָא יְדַעְנָא. עַד דַּהֲווֹ אָזְלֵי מָטוּ לִמְעַרְתָּא דְּלוּד. שָׁמְעוּ הַהוּא קָלָא דְּאָמַר, תְּרֵי עוּזְלִין דְּאַיַלְתָּא עָבְדוּ קָמַאי רְעוּתָא דְּנִיחָא לִי. וְאִינּוּן הֲווֹ מַשִׁרְיָּיתָא קַדִּישָׁא דְּעָרַע יַעֲקֺב קַמֵּיהּ. אִתְרְגִישׁ ר' אֶלְעָזָר, וְאִסְתָעַר בְּנַפְשׁוֹי, וְאָמַר, מָרֵיהּ דְּעָלְמָא כַּךְ אוֹרְחוֹי, טַב לָן דְּלָא נִשְׁמַע, שְׁמַעְנָא וְלָא יְדַעְנָא.

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62. Then a miracle happened to him and again he heard the same voice saying to him that those two were Abraham and Isaac. Then he fell to his face and his father's image appeared before him. He said to him: Father, I have asked ABOUT THE TWO DEERS, and was answered that they were Abraham and Isaac; they met Jacob when he was saved from Laban. He said to him: 'Son, release that which was cut off and accept your NEW source. It was a mouth which speaks greatly.' Furthermore, the souls of the righteous, who are holy supernal angels, come to all the righteous to save them.

62. אִתְרְחִישׁ לֵיהּ נִיסָא, וְשָׁמַע הַהוּא קָלָא דְּאָמַר, אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק הֲווֹ, נָפַל עַל אַנְפּוֹי וְחָמָא דִּיּוּקְנָא דַּאֲבוֹי, אָ"ל, אַבָּא, שָׁאִילְנָא וַאֲתִיבוּנָא, דְּאַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק הֲווֹ, דְּעָרְעוּ לְיַעֲקֺב כַּד אִשְׁתְּזִיב מִלָּבָן. אָ"ל בְּרִי, פּוּק פִּסְקָךְ, וְסָב סְבָתֵךְ, פּוּם מְמַלֵּל רַבְרְבָן הֲוָה. וְלָא דָּא הִיא בִּלְחוֹדוֹי, אֶלָּא לְכָל צַדִּיקַיָּא נִשְׁמָתְהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָּא מְעַרְעִין קֳדָמוֹהִי לְשֵׁיזָבוּתֵיהּ, וְאִינּוּן מַלְאֲכֵיא קַדִישֵׁי עִלָּאֵי.

Altar Eyes Fear Isaac Soul, The Throne

63. ות"ח, יִצְחָק קַיָּים הֲוָה בְּהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא, אֲבָל נִשְׁמָתֵיהּ קַדִּישָׁא אִתְנְסִיבַת בְּכוּרְסְיָא יְקָרָא דְּמָארֵיהּ, כַּד אִתְעֲקָד עַל גַּבֵּי מַדְבְּחָא. וּמִכְּדֵּין אַסְתְּמוּ עֵינוֹי מֵחֵיזוּ. הַיְינוּ דִּכְתִּיב, לוּלֵא וְגוֹ' וּפַחַד יִצְחָק הָיָה לִי. (ע"כ תוספתא)