The Well as Zion and the Merit of the Fathers in Exile

Another interpretation: "And behold a well in the field" this is Zion. "And behold, three flocks of sheep" these are the three first kingdoms. "For out of that well they watered the flocks" for they grew rich from the hidden consecrated treasures. "And the stone on the mouth of the well was great" this is the merit of the fathers. "And all the flocks were gathered there" this is the fourth kingdom, which conscripts troops from all the nations of the world. "And they rolled the stone" for they grew rich from the consecrated treasures that were in the Chamber of Hewn Stone. "And they put the stone back" in the time to come the merit of the fathers will endure.