Sunday 20 March 2016

sources mekorot - The Medrash and Gemara about Hoshana Rabbah


I read on shirat devorah the following:


1) The Midrash tells us that G‑d told Abraham: “If atonement is not granted to your children on Rosh Hashanah, I will grant it on Yom Kippur; if they do not attain atonement on Yom Kippur, it will be given on Hoshana Rabbah.”


Where does the Midrash say this?


2) Isaiah says, “They seek Me day [after] day.”


Where does Isaiah say this?



The Talmud explains that these two “days” refer to the day when the shofar is sounded [Rosh Hashanah] and the day when we take the willow [Hoshana Rabbah]—the day when the heavenly judgment begins, and the day when it concludes.


Where does the Gemara say this?



Answer



Isaiah (58:2):



וְאוֹתִי, יוֹם יוֹם יִדְרֹשׁוּן, וְדַעַת דְּרָכַי, יֶחְפָּצוּן; כְּגוֹי אֲשֶׁר-צְדָקָה עָשָׂה, וּמִשְׁפַּט אֱלֹהָיו לֹא עָזָב, יִשְׁאָלוּנִי מִשְׁפְּטֵי-צֶדֶק, קִרְבַת אֱלֹהִים יֶחְפָּצוּן



The Yerushalmi Rosh Hashana (4:8) says:



ואותי יום יום ידרושון זו תקיעה וערבה




The reference is to the Aravah ceremony which was performed on the day known as Hoshana Rabba. I see no reference in the Yerushalmi to Hoshana Rabba as a day of judgement.


The Paneach Razza makes a brief reference to the Midrash about Avraham and Hoshana Rabba in Parshas Emor:



הושענה רבה וכמאמרם במדרש שאמר הקב"ה לאברהם אבינו וכו'



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