לָכֵן יִתֵּן ה' הוּא לָכֶם אוֹת הִנֵּה הָעַלְמָה הָרָה וְיֹלֶדֶת בֵּן וְקָרָאת שְׁמוֹ עִמָּנוּ אֵל
Therefore, G-d Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the young woman will conceive and bear a son, and she will call his name Immanuel.
This familiar verse is often mistranslated to say that a virgin will give birth and it is taken by non-Jewish sources as a messianic prophecy. It is not; it was a sign given by Isaiah to King Achaz regarding foreign affairs of the time. Rashi clarifies that the woman in question – Isaiah’s own wife – would conceive and give birth to a son that very year, which was the fourth year of the reign of King Achaz. Furthermore, she would name the child Immanuel of her own volition.
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
OU TORAH ONE+ONE Isaiah 7:14 By RABBI JACK ABRAMOWITZ
לָכֵן יִתֵּן ה' הוּא לָכֶם אוֹת הִנֵּה הָעַלְמָה הָרָה וְיֹלֶדֶת בֵּן וְקָרָאת שְׁמוֹ עִמָּנוּ אֵל
Therefore, G-d Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the young woman will conceive and bear a son, and she will call his name Immanuel.
This familiar verse is often mistranslated to say that a virgin will give birth and it is taken by non-Jewish sources as a messianic prophecy. It is not; it was a sign given by Isaiah to King Achaz regarding foreign affairs of the time. Rashi clarifies that the woman in question – Isaiah’s own wife – would conceive and give birth to a son that very year, which was the fourth year of the reign of King Achaz. Furthermore, she would name the child Immanuel of her own volition.
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
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