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of the Midi-ash.''39 B ya sim ple com -the Z ionist m ovem enten Yosef (heel or foot-th in th is losephic tra-of Joseph, but ratherfootstep") or rather a"h ee l" )4 o o f M essia h

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On that day the lam entation w ill be great in Jerusalem , like thelam entation of Hadadrim mon in the valley of Megiddon.e

The sages sa id that Jonathan ben Uziel translated the Prophets in toA ram aic and the Land of Israel trembled for an area of four hundredparasangs by four hundred parasangs.44 The reason for the disturbance'w as that" contained in the Prophets a re th ings which are not explicit butveiled , nam ely th is verse. A s R av Yosef said , "W ere it not for its A ram aictranslation , one w ou Id not know to w hat the verse refers." T he sages reportthat Jonathan ben U ziel stood up on his feet and decla red: "It is I whorevealed Your m ysteries to m en. H e W ho spoke and the w orld cam e intobeing know s full w ell that I d id th is neither for m y honor nor for the honorof m y father's house, but only that controversy not pro liferate in lsrael. te

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(the Jerusalemerusale rn).o in the lit- 'xplain that "Z ion" rep-ile "Jerusalem " repre-:idea expressed in Thethe tragic tradition ofp ar al le l " [e ru sa lem ite " W e should inquire w hat w as the veiled reference contained in th is verse

tha t w as revealed by jonathan 's paraphrase, "L ike the lam enta tion for A habson of!O mri'who was killed ~y H adadrim mon son ofTabrim mon in Ram otG il'ad , and like the lam entation for josiah son of A mon 'k illed by PharaohNecho in the valley of M egiddo. n F urtherm ore , how did reve lation of th isd iv ine mystery prevent pro liferation of c ontroversy? ...

N ow our sages said th is lam entation w ill be for M essiah son of Josephw ho is k ille d.46 The entire-concept of tw o M essiahs, M essiah son of Josephand M essiah son of D avid , requires , explanation . W hy the need for tw o

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