Talmud sur Néhémie 13:22
וָאֹמְרָ֣ה לַלְוִיִּ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִֽהְי֤וּ מִֽטַּהֲרִים֙ וּבָאִים֙ שֹׁמְרִ֣ים הַשְּׁעָרִ֔ים לְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת גַּם־זֹאת֙ זָכְרָה־לִּ֣י אֱלֹהַ֔י וְח֥וּסָה עָלַ֖י כְּרֹ֥ב חַסְדֶּֽךָ׃ (פ)
Je recommandai aussi aux Lévites de se mettre en état de pureté et de venir garder les portes pour sanctifier le jour du sabbat: cela aussi, tiens-m’en compte, ô mon Dieu, et protège-moi selon l’abondance de ta grâce!
Avot D'Rabbi Natan
Rabbi Yosei would say: The completely righteous are not included in this reckoning, nor are the completely wicked. Who, then, are we wondering about? All those in the middle. [As it says in (Psalms 116:4),] “Please, Lord, save my soul” – from the punishments of Gehenna, lest I be among those who go down into it screaming and come up from it screaming, as it says (Zechariah 13:9), “I will bring the third into the fire, and I will smelt them as one smelts silver, and test them as one tests gold.” The House of Hillel say: As it says (Psalms 63:4), “Your kindness is better than life itself, my lips praise You!” And it also says (Nehemiah 13:22), “Take pity on me (and them), in Your abundant kindness” (so that they are saved from the punishments of Gehenna).
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