Another matter: “The son of an Israelite woman…went out” – that is what is written: “I again saw all the oppressed” (Ecclesiastes 4:1). Daniel the tailor interpreted the verse regarding mamzerim. “Behold the tears of the oppressed” (Ecclesiastes 4:1) – the parents of these performed transgressions, and these miserable ones, why is it their concern?37A child has the status of a mamzer because of the illicit relationship through which he was conceived.
Daniel the tailor therefore interprets the “tears of the oppressed” as referring to mamzerim, who suffer due to the misdeeds of others. So, the father of this one consorted with a forbidden woman; what did this one do, and why is it his concern? “But there is no comforter for them” (Ecclesiastes 4:1). “And power from the hand of their oppressors” (Ecclesiastes 4:1) – from the hand of the Great Sanhedrin of Israel that comes upon them by the authority of the Torah and distances them, because of: “A mamzer shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord” (Deuteronomy 23:3).
“But there is no comforter for them” (Ecclesiastes 4:1) – the Holy One blessed be He says: It is incumbent upon Me to comfort them, as in this world they are tainted, but in the future, Zechariah said: I see it and it is all pure gold. That is what is written: “I saw, and behold, a candelabrum of gold in its entirety, with a gula at its top” (Zechariah 4:2). Two amora’im: One said: Exile [gola], and one said: Its redeemer [go’alah].
The one who said gola: As they were exiled to Babylon and the Divine Presence was exiled with them, as He said: “For your sake I sent to Babylon” (Isaiah 43:14). The one who said: Go’alah, its Redeemer: As it is stated: “Our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name” (Isaiah 47:4). And it is written: “The one who breaches went up before them; they breached and passed the gate…their king passed before them, and the Lord is at their head” (Micah 2:13).