Grandfather Israel/ ancient Israel/ the Jewish people/ the traditional Israel

Jacob our father, whose added name is Israel; also an affectionate nickname for the people of Israel, who are his descendants.

("God sweetens the bitter, and Elisha sweetens the bitter; God sweetens the bitter with the bitter, and Elisha sweetened the bitter with the bitter. Rabbi Berechiah in the name of Rabbi Simon said: There is none like God, and who is like You, Jeshurun, Grandfather Israel" - Genesis Rabbah (Vilna), Parashat Vayishlach, section Oz; and likewise: "And David said, Blessed are You, Lord, God of Israel our father" - therefore Israel is mentioned more than Abraham and Isaac, because Jacob too made a vow... our father Israel - Grandfather Israel, and it is also explained thus in Genesis Rabbah: "Thus I have vowed, I, David, and my people, like Grandfather Israel" - Rashi on 1 Chronicles 29:10; and likewise: "And now behold a young generation is going, and its new song is with it. 'Grandfather Israel' leans once more on his staff, tilting his ear... the voice, the voice of the future" - Bialik, "Our Young Poetry").

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