דברים פרק ד , כה כִי-תוֹלִיד בָנִים וּבְנֵּי בָנִים וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּם בָאָרֶץ וְהִשְחַתֶם וַעֲשִיתֶם פֶסֶל תְמוּנַת כֹּל וַעֲשִיתֶם הָרַע בְעֵּינֵּי-ה' אֱלֹקֶ יךָ לְהַכְעִיסוֹ :
כו הַעִידֹּתִי בָכֶם הַיוֹם אֶת-הַשָמַיִם וְאֶת-הָאָרֶץ כִי-אָבֹּד תֹּאבֵּדוּן מַׁהֵר מֵּעַ ל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶר אַתֶם עֹּבְרִ ים אֶת -הַיַרְ דֵּן שָמָה לְרִ שְתָהּ לֹּא-תַאֲרִ יכֻן יָמִים עָלֶיהָ כִי הִשָמֵּד תִשָמֵּדוּן:
Sanhedrin 38a:
(Rav Chisda) Question: "Va'Yishkod Hashem Al ha'Ra'ah... Ki Tzadik HaShem" (Daniel 9,14)- was Hashem quick to bring evil on us because He is a Tzadik?!
Answer #1 (Rav Chisda): Yes! HaShem’s Tzedakah was to bring the exile of Tzidkiyahu (11 years after the exile of Yechanyah) while those (the Chachamim) exiled with Yechanyah were still alive. (The Gemara expounds the verse Melachim II 24,16 that discusses these exiles.)
1. "Vehe'Charash" - they are called Cheresh, because when they discuss Torah, all are like Chershim (deaf-mutes; they have nothing to add);
2. "Veha'Masger" - if they cannot resolve a Halachic matter, it is Sagur (no one opens it).
3. "Elef" - there were 1000 of them.
Answer #2 (Ula): The Tzedakah of HaShem was to bring the exile (after 850 years) which was two years before (852) the Gematri'a of "v'Noshantem". (Had Yisrael been a full 852 years in Eretz Yisrael, the next verse "Avod Toveidun", “they would be completely destroyed” would have applied.)
(Rav Acha bar Yakov): We learn from this that for Hashem, 852 years is considered "Meheir" (quickly).
Year the Jews left Egypt 2448
(40 years later) The Jews enter Eretz Yisrael
(440 years later) First Bais HaMikdash started
(410 years later) Destruction of First Bais HaMikdash
(70 years of exile) Begin construction of Second Bais HaMikdash
(420 years later) Destruction of Second Bais HaMikdash
Total years from entering Eretz Yisrael till the destruction of the First Bais HaMikdash - 850 years (440 + 410)
Maharsha: Rav Acha bar Yaakov’s statement applies to modern times. The prophecies foretell a “quick” redemption, yet we are still in Galus that has lasted almost 2000 years. Nevertheless, this is not a reason to despair. G-d’s “sense of time” is different than ours.
ונושנתם
ו-6 נ -50 ו-6 ש -300 נ -50 ת -400 ם-40
Total = 852
