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for planting vines” (Micah 1:6), which benefits all the surrounding inhabitants.
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 cur
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 shall the vow be performed” (Psalms 65:2). And what is more, he praises God for his sufferings, as it is stated: “Praise.” And what i
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)?
“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]