Iyov's grave soliloquy as a longing for le'asid lavo The implication here in the Mittler Rebbe’s Perush Hamilos is that "katan ve'gadol sham hu"-"great and small can be found there" refers to le'asid lavo - the time to cone and not simply "in the grave". None of the mefarshim take this view, but then I found the Yalkut רמז תתצו . The Yalkut does imply that this hints to le’asid lavo. “If you ‘humble’ yourself with divrei Torah in this world, you will be ‘great’ in the world to come.” Accordingly, there must be a way to interpret the rest of the perek in this light. So read the pesukim now of perek 3 Iyov with this in mind... (English translation.) Perhaps the day he is cursing is the galus and the night is the night of exile. "Those who will awaken the livyason" is now a reference in context. The desire for miscarriage can refer to Moshiach who is a "bar nafla" like David. "With kings ...
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