) \u201cAnd Abraham will surely become a great nation.\u201d \u201cWill become\u201d is thirty in Gematria. One day, Rabbi Shimon came out and saw that the world was dark and dim, and its light was blocked. He said to Rabbi Elazar, \u201cLet us go and see what the Creator wants.\u201d They went and found an angel who resembled a great mountain and emitted thirty flames of fire from his mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2) Rabbi Shimon said to him, \u201cWhat do you wish to do?\u201d He replied, \u201cI want to destroy the world because there aren\u2019t thirty righteous in the generation, for so the Creator sentenced Abraham, as it is written, \u2018And Abraham will surely be.\u2019 \u2018Will be\u2019 is thirty in Gematria.\u2019\u201d Rabbi Shimon told him, \u201cPlease go to the Creator and tell him, \u2018Rabbi Shimon is in the world, and his merit is as great as thirty righteous.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3) The angel went to the Creator and told Him, \u201cMaster of the world, what Rabbi Shimon told me is revealed to You.\u201d The Creator told him, \u201cGo, destroy the world, and do not look at Rabbi Shimon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4) When he came, Rabbi Shimon saw the angel. He told him, \u201cIf you do not go to the Creator by my mission, I will sentence that you will not enter heaven and you will be in the place of Aza and Azael, whom the Lord cast down from heaven to earth. When you come before the Creator, tell Him, \u2018If there aren\u2019t thirty righteous in the world, there will be twenty.\u2019 This is why it is written, \u2018I will not destroy for the twenty.\u2019 And if there aren\u2019t twenty, there will be ten, for afterwards it is written, \u2018I will not destroy for the ten.\u2019 And if there aren\u2019t ten, there will be two, Me and my son, for this is what is written, \u2018By two witnesses shall a matter be verified.\u2019 And there is nothing but the world, as it is written, \u2018By the word of the Lord the heavens were made.\u2019 And if there aren\u2019t two, there is one, and I am he, as it is written, \u2018And a righteous is the foundation of the world.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At that very moment, a voice came out of heaven and said, \u201cHappy are you, Rabbi Shimon, for the Creator sentences above, and you revoke below. It is written about you, \u2018He will fulfill the wish of those who fear Him.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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