מַעְיָנוֹת אוֹמְרִים - Streams Say:
[Nahal Farod, Israel]
Tehillim 87:7
וְשָׁרִים כְּחֹלְלִים כָּל-מַעְיָנַי בָּךְ
vesharim kechollim kal-mayanai bach
And singers and dancers; all My fountains (thoughts) are in you (You).
Included among the excellent features of Tziyon is that it has many "singers and dancers." For this reason, "all My thoughts" and providence "are in you" - in Tziyon.
Another interpretation says: "All My fountains" of wisdom "are in you." All the fountains of wisdom that I draw from, are found "in you" - in Tziyon. Similarly it says, "Therefore with joy will you draw water out of the wells of deliverance" (Yeshayahu 12:3).
In Tziyon are to be found people of many talents, among them singers and dancers. A related reading says: Even as they dance, they compose songs.
What will both the dancers and singers chant? They will sing, "All My fountains are in you." They will declare that I have sealed off all My fountains to prevent their waters from spreading to the gentiles. Everything should be only "in you."
This also alludes to, "A garden locked is my sister, O bride, a fountain locked, a spring sealed up" (Shir HaShirim 4:12). The Jewish people have fenced themselves off from becoming assimilated among the nations.
Not only do we acclaim Tziyon, but so do the singers and musicians, and the flute players, who proclaim to everyone that G-d said, "All My" providence and directed "thoughts are in you." As it says, "A land which HaShem your G-d cares for; the eyes of HaShem your G-d are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year" (Devarim 11:12).
The Midrash says: Said Rabbi Yehudah bar Simon in the name of Rabbi Meir: Just as the wellspring brings forth new waters every moment, so the people of Yisrael chant songs every moment. Thus it says, "And singers and dancers; all my fountains are in You." The Chachamim say: Just as the men chant songs, so do the women chant songs.
A person has to check to see whether or not he is connected to HaShem. “And singers and dancers alike shall say, All my interest is in You.” (Tehillim 87:7) Divine service is attachment to G-d.
Rashi and Radak both note that "wellsprings" (fountains) represent the outpouring of the inner dimension. Wellsprings bubble with fresh water all day and night. Yisrael, too, never ceases to praise G-d for His goodness and for giving us the privilege of serving Him. Our music is the wellspring embodied in Torah and good deeds.
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