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רשעים במשפט וחטאים בעדת צדיקים״. ״על כן לא יקומו רשעים במשפט״ – זה דור המבול. ״וחטאים בעדת צדיקים״ – אלו אנשי סדום. אמרו לו: אינם עומדין בעדת צדיקים, אבל עומדין בעדת רשעים.
in judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous” (Psalms 1:5). “Therefore the wicked should not stand in judgment”; this is referring to the Generation of the Flood, about whom it is written: “The wickedness of man was great upon the earth” (Genesis 6:5). “Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous”; these are the people of Sodom, about whom it is written: “And the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners” (Genesis 13:13). The rabbis said to R' Neḥemya: They will not stand in judgment for resurrection in the congregation of the righteous, but they will stand in judgment in the congregation of the wicked.
מרגלים אין להם חלק לעולם הבא, שנאמר: ״וימתו האנשים מוצאי דבת הארץ רעה במגפה לפני ה׳״. ״וימתו״ – בעולם הזה, ״במגפה״ – לעולם הבא.
The spies who spread an evil report of their visit to Canaan have no share in the World-to-Come, as it is stated: “And those men who spread the evil report about the land died by plague before YHWH” (Numbers 14:37). “And…died” indicates in this world; “by plague” indicates for the World-to-Come.
דור המדבר אין להם חלק לעולם הבא, ואין עומדין בדין, שנאמר: ״במדבר הזה יתמו ושם ימתו״. דברי רבי עקיבא. רבי אליעזר אומר, עליהם הוא אומר: ״אספו לי חסידי כרתי בריתי עלי זבח״.
The members of the generation of the wilderness have no share in the World-to-Come and will not stand in judgment, as it is stated: “In this wilderness they should be consumed, and there they should die” (Numbers 14:35). “They should be consumed” indicates in this world; “and there they should die” indicates for the World-to-Come; this is the statement of R' Akiva. R' Eliezer says: The members of the generation of the wilderness were essentially righteous, and about them the verse says: “Gather My pious together to Me, those that have entered into My covenant by offering” (Psalms 50:5). It is they who entered into the covenant with God and they will certainly be rewarded in the future.