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בכורות נאות, והושיב בו שני שומרים: אחד חיגר ואחד סומא. אמר לו חיגר לסומא: בכורות נאות אני רואה בפרדס. בא והרכיבני ונביאם לאכלם. רכב חיגר על גבי סומא, והביאום ואכלום.
fine first fruits of a fig tree, and he stationed two guards in the orchard, one lame, who was unable to walk, and one blind. Neither was capable of reaching the fruit on the trees in the orchard without the assistance of the other. The lame person said to the blind person: I see fine first fruits of a fig tree in the orchard; come and place me upon your shoulders. I will guide you to the tree, and we will bring the figs to eat them. The lame person rode upon the shoulders of the blind person and they brought the figs and ate them.
לימים בא בעל פרדס. אמר להן: בכורות נאות היכן הן? אמר לו חיגר: כלום יש לי רגלים להלך בהן? אמר לו סומא: כלום יש לי עינים לראות? מה עשה? הרכיב חיגר על גבי סומא, ודן אותם כאחד.
Sometime later the owner of the orchard came to the orchard. He said to the guards: The fine first fruits of a fig tree that were in the orchard, where are they? The lame person said: Do I have any legs with which I would be able to walk and take the figs? The blind person said: Do I have any eyes with which I would be able to see the way to the figs? What did the owner of the orchard do? He placed the lame person upon the shoulders of the blind person just as they did when they stole the figs, and he judged them as one.
אף הקדוש ברוך הוא מביא נשמה וזורקה בגוף, ודן אותם כאחד, שנאמר: ״יקרא אל השמים מעל ואל הארץ לדין עמו״. ״יקרא אל השמים מעל״ – זו נשמה, ״ואל הארץ לדין עמו״ – זה הגוף.
So too, God brings the soul on the day of judgment and casts it back into the body, as they were when they sinned, and He judges them as one, as it is stated: “He calls to the heavens above and to the earth that He may judge His people” (Psalms 50:4). “He calls to the heavens above”; this is the soul, which is heavenly. “And to the earth that He may judge His people”; this is the body, which is earthly.