Midrash su Naum 1:6
לִפְנֵ֤י זַעְמוֹ֙ מִ֣י יַֽעֲמ֔וֹד וּמִ֥י יָק֖וּם בַּחֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ חֲמָתוֹ֙ נִתְּכָ֣ה כָאֵ֔שׁ וְהַצֻּרִ֖ים נִתְּצ֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃
Chi può stare davanti alla sua indignazione? E chi può resistere alla ferocia della sua rabbia? La sua furia si riversa come un fuoco e le rocce si infrangono davanti a lui.
Otzar Midrashim
It is written: "Who can stand before His wrath? Who can resist His fury?" (Nahum 1:6). Rabbi Zeira opened [the discussion of Gehinnom with the verse]: "The leech has two daughters, 'Give!' and 'Give!'" (Proverbs 30:15). Said Rabbi Eliezer: Two walls of angels stand at the entrance of Gehinnom, and they say "Give! Give! Bring! Bring!" And why is its name Gehinnom? Because the sound of its groaning (from the Hebrew root NHM) goes from one end of the world to its other end. And why is its name Taphteh? Because all enter there through the temptation (from the Hebrew root PTH) of the evil inclination.
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