The rabbinic commentaries on Isaiah 38 discuss how King Hezekiah prays to God for healing from a terminal illness. This study explores how the rabbis interpreted Hezekiah’s words and actions, and what lessons they derived from his story. Some of the topics covered are: The meaning of Hezekiah’s psalm and how it reflects his faith and repentance, The connection between Hezekiah’s illness and the sin of idolatry in Israel, The significance of the sign of the sun’s shadow moving backward as a proof of God’s miracle, The reasons why Hezekiah did not write his own book of prophecies like other prophets, and The consequences of Hezekiah’s request for more years of life and how it affected his legacy and his descendants.
Part 3
1:07 Targum Jonathan Son of Uziel on Isaiah 38.11-16 תרגום יונתן בן עוזיאל אל ישעיה פרק לח:יא-טז
4:43 The Torah is both physical and spiritual according to the Zohar, Noach 18.138
12:04 Interpretation on Isaiah 38 according to Midrash Tehillim 26.2
16:49 Chassidic Judaism on Isaiah 38: Tanya, Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh 27.4
21:22 Rashi on Isaiah 38.16 Parts 1-5
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