כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־תַעֲזֹ֣ב נַפְשִׁ֣י לִשְׁא֑וֹל לֹֽא־תִתֵּ֥ן חֲ֝סִידְךָ֗ לִרְא֥וֹת שָֽׁחַת׃
Sapagkat hindi Mo pababayaan ang aking kaluluwa sa daigdig ng mga patay; hindi Mo hahayaang makakita ng hukay ang Iyong tapat.
Rabbeinu Yonah
Anyone who brings merit to the many, sin does not result from him: So that his students not be in the Garden of Eden while he is in Gehinnom, as it is written (Psalms 16:10), "For You will not abandon my soul to the grave, or let Your pious one see the pit." And how is it possible that one who is pious should see the pit? Rather, since [(the following is) from a manuscript: He is pious, He does not let him commit a sin - so that he should not see the pit on its account.]
Tosafot Yom Tov
WHOEVER BRINGS THE PEOPLE TO DO GOOD, NO SIN WILL COME ABOUT THROUGH HIM. Rav: in order that he shouldn’t end up in Gehinnom while his students are in the Garden of Eden. This is from the Talmud in Yoma 87a, which derives this from the verse “for you will not leave my soul to Sheol, and will not allow your devoted one to see destruction” (Psalms 16:10). The reading seems to be as follows: “you will not leave my soul” to come to sin, such that I will go “to Sheol”, because “you will not allow your devoted one to see destruction.” Now “your devoted one” is written as a plural, “your devoted ones”,233The ketiv or written text is chasidecha, while the keri or reading tradition is chasidcha. which means the students who did good through my instructions, so the end of the verse reads “you will not allow your devoted ones to see” me in “destruction” while they are in the Garden of Eden. And the word “to see” means specifically “to see” and not “to come”.234Indicating that the students in question are observing from a different point—the Garden of Eden—and have not themselves come to Gehinnom.
If so, we see that this is specifically when there are many students, as the verse says “your devoted ones”.
If so, we see that this is specifically when there are many students, as the verse says “your devoted ones”.