Sanhedrin 92B

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And if you say: During those years when God is destined to renew His world, as it is stated: “And YHWH alone shall be exalted on that day” (Isaiah 2:11), what are the righteous to do? How will they survive? God, will make wings like eagles for them and they will fly over the surface of the water,

The Talmud suggests: And let us derive from the dead that Ezekiel revived (see Ezekiel, chapter 37) that the resurrected dead will not live forever, but will die at some point. The Talmud explains: The school of Eliyahu holds in accordance with the opinion of the one who says: In truth, Ezekiel’s d

This is as it is taught in a baraita, that R' Eliezer says: The dead that Ezekiel revived stood on their feet and recited song to God and died. And what song did they recite? YHWH kills with justice and gives life with mercy. R' Yehoshua says that it was this song that they recited: “YHWH kills, and

R' Neḥemya said to R' Yehuda: If it was truth, why do you refer to it as a parable, and if it was a parable, why do you refer to it as truth? Rather, it means: In truth, it was a parable. R' Eliezer, son of R' Yosei HaGelili, says: Not only was it not a parable, the dead that Ezekiel revived ascen

The Talmud asks: And who are the dead that Ezekiel revived?