Eruvin 19A

למטעי כרם״.

for planting vines” (Micah 1:6), which benefits all the surrounding inhabitants.

ואמר רבי ירמיה בן אלעזר: בא וראה שלא כמדת הקדוש ברוך הוא מדת בשר ודם. מדת בשר ודם, מתחייב אדם הריגה למלכות ⁠— מטילין לו חכה לתוך פיו כדי שלא יקלל את המלך.

And R' Yirmeya ben Elazar also said: Come and see that the attribute of flesh and blood is unlike the attribute of God. For the attribute of flesh and blood is to place an iron or wooden hook in the mouth of a person who was sentenced to death by the government, so that he should not be able to curse the king when he is taken away for execution.

מדת הקדוש ברוך הוא, אדם מתחייב הריגה למקום ⁠— שותק, שנאמר: ״לך דומיה תהלה״, ולא עוד אלא שמשבח, שנאמר: ״תהלה״. ולא עוד אלא שדומה לו כאילו מקריב קרבן, שנאמר: ״ולך ישולם נדר״.

But the attribute of God is that one is willingly silent when he is sentenced to death by God, as it is stated: “For You silence is praise, O God in Zion, and to You should the vow be performed” (Psalms 65:2). And what is more, he praises God for his sufferings, as it is stated: “Praise.” And what is more, it appears to him as though he were offering a sacrifice in atonement for his sin, as it is stated: “And to You should the vow be performed.”

היינו דאמר רבי יהושע בן לוי: מאי דכתיב ״עוברי בעמק הבכא מעין ישיתוהו גם ברכות יעטה מורה״.

And this is what R' Yehoshua ben Levi said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “Those who pass through the valley of weeping turn it into a water spring; moreover, the early rain covers it with blessings” (Psalms 84:7)?

״עוברי״⁠ — אלו בני אדם שעוברין על רצונו של הקדוש ברוך הוא. ״עמק״⁠ — שמעמיקין להם גיהנם. ״הבכא״⁠ — שבוכין ומורידין דמעות כמעיין של שיתין. ״גם ברכות יעטה מורה״⁠ — שמצדיקין עליהם את הדין, ואומרים לפניו: רבונו של עולם, יפה דנת, יפה זכית, יפה חייבת, ויפה תקנת גיהנם לרשעים גן עדן לצדיקים.

“Those who pass through [overei],” these are people who transgress [overin] the will of God. “Valley [emek]” indicates that their punishment is that Gehenna is deepened [ma’amikin] for them. “Of weeping [bakha]” and “turn it into a water spring [ma’ayan yeshituhu],” indicates that they weep [bokhin] and make tears flow like a spring [ma’ayan] of the foundations [shitin], meaning like a spring that descends to the foundations of the earth. “Moreover, the early rain covers it with blessings,” indicates that they accept the justice of God’s judgment, and say before Him: God! You have judged properly, You have acquitted properly, You have condemned properly, and it is befitting that You have prepared Gehenna for the wicked and the Garden of Eden for the righteous.