God takes the children of Israel back. No other nation replaces them: http://ohr.edu/tw/5756/devarim/haazinu.tw
In times to come, when Israel is redeemed from among the nations and Hashem gathers us to Him, Israel will say "Master of the Universe, it's written in Your Torah that when a man divorces his wife and banishes her from his life, should the woman marry again and then divorce this second husband, she may never again return to her first husband.
"You banished us to amongst the nations of the world. How is it
possible for You to take us back?"
Hashem will say to them "It says in the laws of divorce: When a man will
banish her from his house'. I am G-d, not man."
These words from the Medrash are most perplexing. The relationship
between the Jewish People and Hashem is understood to be that of a marriage,
of husband and wife. How can it possibly be that about this very subject
Hashem would say "I am G-d, not man!"
Let us understand the Medrash thus: The Talmud teaches us that if a
man throws a get, a bill of divorce, to his wife while she is in his yard, the
divorce is not effective. For a get to work, it needs to be given. And since
his wife is still in his yard, in his domain, there is a deficiency in the
giving. It is as though the get never left the orbit of his influence.
Thus, with this principle in mind, we can understand what Hashem is
saying: "I am G-d, not man. The universe is Mine. The whole world is `My
yard.' Thus I never really gave you a bill of divorce. I never really
divorced you at all..."
Chanukas Hatorah
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In times to come, when Israel is redeemed from among the nations and Hashem gathers us to Him, Israel will say "Master of the Universe, it's written in Your Torah that when a man divorces his wife and banishes her from his life, should the woman marry again and then divorce this second husband, she may never again return to her first husband.
"You banished us to amongst the nations of the world. How is it possible for You to take us back?"
Hashem will say to them "It says in the laws of divorce: When a man will banish her from his house'. I am G-d, not man."
These words from the Medrash are most perplexing. The relationship between the Jewish People and Hashem is understood to be that of a marriage, of husband and wife. How can it possibly be that about this very subject Hashem would say "I am G-d, not man!"
Let us understand the Medrash thus: The Talmud teaches us that if a man throws a get, a bill of divorce, to his wife while she is in his yard, the divorce is not effective. For a get to work, it needs to be given. And since his wife is still in his yard, in his domain, there is a deficiency in the giving. It is as though the get never left the orbit of his influence.
Thus, with this principle in mind, we can understand what Hashem is saying: "I am G-d, not man. The universe is Mine. The whole world is `My yard.' Thus I never really gave you a bill of divorce. I never really divorced you at all..."
Chanukas Hatorah
