Talmud su Michea 7:18
מִי־אֵ֣ל כָּמ֗וֹךָ נֹשֵׂ֤א עָוֺן֙ וְעֹבֵ֣ר עַל־פֶּ֔שַׁע לִשְׁאֵרִ֖ית נַחֲלָת֑וֹ לֹא־הֶחֱזִ֤יק לָעַד֙ אַפּ֔וֹ כִּֽי־חָפֵ֥ץ חֶ֖סֶד הֽוּא׃
Chi è un Dio come te, che perdona l'iniquità, e passa per la trasgressione del residuo della sua eredità? Non trattiene mai la sua ira per sempre, perché si diletta nella misericordia. .
Tractate Soferim
[In the verses] And it came to pass when they63Foreign princes or rulers. E.V. God. caused me to wander, God, etc.,64Gen. 20, 13. Cf. Rule 6 above. and Which god65E.V. who is a God. is like unto Thee66Micah 7, 18. the first67The pronoun ‘they’ in Gen. 20, 13 and god in Micah 7, 18. are sacred and the second68God in Gen. and Thee in Micah. are secular. [The divine name in] Samaria shall bear her guilt, for she hath rebelled against her God69Hos. 14, 1. is sacred. R. Nathan says: [In the phrase] in the house of his God70ibid. IX, 8. it is sacred. In therefore turn thou to thy God71ibid. XII, 7. it is sacred. In God standeth in the congregation of God; in the midst of the judges72The Heb. has the divine name. He judgeth73Ps. 82, 1. it is used as sacred74In God standeth. and secular.75In the sense of ‘judges’. In God delivereth me to76Heb. אל (to) which has the same consonants as the word for ‘God’. the ungodly77Job 16, 11. the first is sacred and the second78’el in the sense of ‘to’. is secular. In For hath any said unto God: I have borne79ibid. XXXIV, 31. the first [’el] is secular and the second sacred.
R. Eleazar the son of R. Jose the Galilean said:80So M. V and H read ‘and R. Eleazar … said’. [In the verses] And let my cry have no81Heb. ’al, the same consonants as for the name of God. resting-place;82Job 16, 18. It is in the power83Gen. 31, 29. The Heb. for power (’el) equals the divine name. of my hand; And there shall be nought in the power of thy hand;84Deut. 28, 32. When it is in the power of thy hand;85Prov. 3, 27. Unto death,86ibid. II, 18; unto is ’el in Heb. all [the words whose consonants are the same as those for God] are secular. In God hath given command to speed me872 Chron. 35, 21. it is sacred. In Forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me88ibid. it is sacred according to R. Jose b. Judah. In O God, the proud are risen up against me89Ps. 86, 14. it is sacred but the reader must pause in reading [after God]:90In the absence of the pause, the adjective proud might erroneously be taken as qualifying God. God, the proud are risen up against me.
[The terms] merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abounding in lovingkindness, king, kings, exalted, great, Most High, righteous and upright, pious, perfect, mighty, may be erased.91Although attributed to God, they do not possess the sanctity of the divine name. He who curses himself or his neighbour by [any of] these92Using any of these attributes instead of the divine name. incurs guilt. [If he curses] heathens or the dead no guilt93So M and N.Y. V and H read ‘guilty of one [offence]’. is incurred. [If he curses] a judge or a prince he incurs twofold guilt;94Since a judge or prince must not be cursed as any other person, and as men holding offices of responsibility. according to others he incurs threefold guilt for cursing a prince.95The two mentioned in the preceding note, and a third because the Heb. word for ‘judge’ in the text is identical with the divine name. If a person curses his father or mother with the Tetragrammaton96lit. ‘the distinguished name’. he is liable to the penalty of stoning,97Cf. Lev. 24, 14. Stoning is one of the major penalties imposed by a court. but if only with the attributes he is liable to a warning.98i.e. he is guilty of transgressing a negative commandment, the penalty of which is scourging with thirty-nine stripes.
R. Eleazar the son of R. Jose the Galilean said:80So M. V and H read ‘and R. Eleazar … said’. [In the verses] And let my cry have no81Heb. ’al, the same consonants as for the name of God. resting-place;82Job 16, 18. It is in the power83Gen. 31, 29. The Heb. for power (’el) equals the divine name. of my hand; And there shall be nought in the power of thy hand;84Deut. 28, 32. When it is in the power of thy hand;85Prov. 3, 27. Unto death,86ibid. II, 18; unto is ’el in Heb. all [the words whose consonants are the same as those for God] are secular. In God hath given command to speed me872 Chron. 35, 21. it is sacred. In Forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me88ibid. it is sacred according to R. Jose b. Judah. In O God, the proud are risen up against me89Ps. 86, 14. it is sacred but the reader must pause in reading [after God]:90In the absence of the pause, the adjective proud might erroneously be taken as qualifying God. God, the proud are risen up against me.
[The terms] merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abounding in lovingkindness, king, kings, exalted, great, Most High, righteous and upright, pious, perfect, mighty, may be erased.91Although attributed to God, they do not possess the sanctity of the divine name. He who curses himself or his neighbour by [any of] these92Using any of these attributes instead of the divine name. incurs guilt. [If he curses] heathens or the dead no guilt93So M and N.Y. V and H read ‘guilty of one [offence]’. is incurred. [If he curses] a judge or a prince he incurs twofold guilt;94Since a judge or prince must not be cursed as any other person, and as men holding offices of responsibility. according to others he incurs threefold guilt for cursing a prince.95The two mentioned in the preceding note, and a third because the Heb. word for ‘judge’ in the text is identical with the divine name. If a person curses his father or mother with the Tetragrammaton96lit. ‘the distinguished name’. he is liable to the penalty of stoning,97Cf. Lev. 24, 14. Stoning is one of the major penalties imposed by a court. but if only with the attributes he is liable to a warning.98i.e. he is guilty of transgressing a negative commandment, the penalty of which is scourging with thirty-nine stripes.
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Tractate Derekh Eretz Zuta
Who waives his right to retribution6lit. ‘passes by his measures’, i.e. forgoes his right to exact punishment. is forgiven all his sins, as it is stated, Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth the iniquity, and passeth by the transgression,7Micah 7, 18. [which means,] who is forgiven iniquity? He who passed by transgression [against himself].8Cf. R.H. 17a (Sonc. ed., p. 67).
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Jerusalem Talmud Kiddushin
Ben Azai preached: “A dead fly will permanently spoil perfumer’s oil.658Eccl. 10:1; the translation follows Ibn Ezra.” Does not one dead fly spoil perfumer’s oil? And this person659Who has exactly as many merits as he has demerits. The Babylonian sources, Babli 40b, Tosephta 1:14, base a formally similar agument on Eccl. 9:18; but the Babli does not make the difference between the Worlds that are the main thrust of this paragraph. by one sin spoiled all merits he had. Rebbi Aqiba preached: “660Is.. 5:14. So the abyss opened wide and its mouth swallowed the one without law.” It does not say “without laws”, but “without law”, him who has not a single merit that should help him on the scale of merit661The image is always that the deeds of a person are weighed on scales in Heavenly court; the person is found innocent if the scale containing his merits tilts the balance in his favor. A different interpretation is in the Babli, Sanhedrin 111a.. That is, for the Future World. But in this world, even if 999 angels plead for his conviction and one angel pleads for his acquittal, the Holy One, praise to Him, lends His weight to the scale of merit. What is the reason? “If there is for him one angel out of a thousand, to tell a man his straightness. He will act with him in grace and say, let him be redeemed, not go down to destruction; I found weregilt662Job 33:23–24..” Rebbi Joḥanan said, if you find a saying of Rebbi Eliezer, son of Rebbi Yose the Galilean, bend your ear like this funnel and listen, since Rebbi Joḥanan reported that Rebbi Eliezer, the son of Rebbi Yose the Galilean, said: Even if 999 angles plead for his conviction and one angel pleads for his acquittal, the Holy One, praise to Him, lends His weight to the scale of merit. Not only this entire angel, but if 999 aspects of that angel plead for conviction and one aspect for acquittal, the Holy One, praise to Him, lends His weight to the scale of merit. What is the reason? It does not say, “if there is for him one angel of a thousand,” but “one out of a thousand”, one aspect out of a thousand aspects of that angel. What is written afterwards? “He will act with him in grace and say, let him be hurt, not go down to destruction; I found weregilt.” “Let him be hurt,” by suffering663R. Eliah Wilna points out that the Talmud reads פְּדָעֵהוּ as Aramaism, equivalent to Hebrew פְּצָעֵהוּ (cf. Onqelos and Pseudo-Jonathan to Ex. 21:25).. “I found weregilt,” he found means to redeem himself. That is, in this world. But in the Future World, if he has a majority of merits, he inherits paradise; a majority of sins, he inherits hell. If he was 50–50. Rebbi Yose ben Ḥanina said, “he carries his iniquity.664Ex. 34:7, Micah 7:18. R. Yose ben R. Ḥanina holds that the person with an equal number of merits and demerits is found guilty. But in Peah1:1, Sanhedrin 10:1, and the Babli, Roš Haššanah17a, R. Yose ben R. Ḥanina is credited with the opinion attributed here to R. Abbahu, who is not mentioned in the other sources. Everybody seems to agree that in the Heavenly Court, no more than one transgression will be forgiven.” Rebbi Abbahu said, it is written: “He carries.” What does the Holy One, praise to Him, do? He grabs one of his demerits, and the merits decide665R. Abbahu holds that the person with an equal number of merits and demerits is found not guilty.. 666Babli Roš Haššanah 17b. Rebbi Eleazar said: “You, Eternal, are acting in grace, for You will complete for everybody according to his deeds.667Ps. 62:13.” And if he has none, You will give him from Yours. That is Rebbi Eleazar’s opinion, for Rebbi Eleazar said, “You, Eternal, are acting in grace,” this teaches that He turns to the aspect of grace668He also holds that the person with an equal number of merits and demerits is found not guilty..
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