- There are rewards for teaching Torah, for example:
- inheritance
- merit to teach it in the World-to-Come
- There are punishments for avoiding learning Torah, for example:
- one is cursed by a fetus
- one is punctured like a sieve
- Eleazar's interpretations about the importance of Torah and G-d, for example
- anyone with knowledge (of Torah and of the ways of the world) will grow wealthy
- crumbs left on the table are like idolatry
- a home should have sounds of Torah at night
- one who is humble lives a long life
- Wombs and graves are similar:
- both have a place of entry (semen/grave) and exit (babies/grave - with the revival of the dead)
- entry is covert but exit will be a tumult
- How G-d will revive the dead and remake the world
- flying people
- Yechezkel is said to have died, revived, stood up, sang songs, and died again, though this may have been a parable
- some rabbis say that we will not be revived
- a story of Nebuchadnezzar who stole Yisraelim who were so glorious that the women bled just looking at them, even after Nebuchadnezzar had the young men killed
- another story of Nebuchadnezzar who sent Sages to the furnace for refusing to bow, and they were said to be revived
- Molten gold was poured down his throat
- The furnace floated
- The plaster melted
- The image to be bowed to fell on its face
- the four kings who helped him were burned
- Yechezkel revived the dead
- A Sage should not change his clothing even at a time of danger, to appear calm, and to remember that the Sages lost to Nebuchadnezzar's furnace walked in and out in their clothing
I began Daf Yomi (Koren translation) in August of 2012 with the help of an online group that is now defunct. This blog is intended to help me structure and focus my thoughts as I grapple with the text. I am happy to connect with others who are interested in the social and halachic implications of our oral tradition. Respectful input is welcome.
Monday, 16 October 2017
Sanhedrin 92: The World-to-Come and Reviving the Dead
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