239) \u201cAnd these are the nations which the Lord left, to test Israel by them.\u201d Rabbi said, \u201cI was looking at that eternal world, and the world stood only on those righteous that reign their hearts\u2019 desire,\u201d as it is written, \u201cHe appointed it in Joseph for a testimony.\u201d Why was Joseph rewarded with that virtue and kingship? For he had conquered his inclination. This is because all who reign their inclination, the kingdom of heaven awaits them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
240) The Creator created the evil inclination only to try people with it, as it is written, \u201cIf a prophet \u2026 arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder \u2026 that he spoke to you, saying, \u2018Let us go after other gods\u2026\u2019 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet \u2026 for the Lord your God is testing you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
241) Why does He need a test, since all the works of people are revealed before Him? Indeed, it is so as not to give people excuses. See what is written, \u201cAnd Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom,\u201d for he was sitting in order to test people, as it is written, \u201cAnd the wicked are like a troubled sea.\u201d Even at the time of his judgment, the wicked is audacious, and then he exists in his wickedness, as it is written, \u201cBefore they lie down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
242) As the Creator created the Garden of Eden on the Earth, so He created Hell on Earth. As He created the Garden of Eden above, so He created Hell above. The Garden of Eden in the earth is as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord God planted a garden in Eden on the east. Hell on Earth, as it is written, \u201cthe land of gloom like thick darkness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
243) The Garden of Eden above, as it is written, \u201cThe soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God.\u201d It is also written, \u201cThe spirit shall return to the God who had given it.\u201d Hell above, as it is written, \u201cAnd the soul of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
244) The Garden of Eden above is for the souls of the complete righteous, as they are nourished by the great light of above. The Hell below is for those wicked ones who did not accept the circumcision, did not believe in the Creator and in His law, and did not keep the Shabbat [Sabbath]. These are idol-worshipers who are sentenced in the fire, as it is written, \u201cFrom the fire they emerged and fire will consume them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
245) The Hell above is for those criminals of Israel who broke the commandments of the Torah and did not repent. They are repelled outside until they receive their punishment. They walk and surround the entire world, as it is written, \u201cThe wicked are walking around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
246) And there they are sentenced twelve months later. Their section is with those who received their punishment in their death, each according to his fitting place. The wicked of the idol-worshipers are always sentenced in fire and in water, and they do not rise again, as it is written, \u201cAnd their fire will not quench.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
247) The sentence of the wicked is in Hell, as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire,\u201d and they will not ascend again and will not rise to the judgment day, as it is written, \u201cwhich the Lord overturned in His anger and in His wrath.\u201d \u201cIn His anger\u201d in this world, and \u201cin His wrath\u201d in the next world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
248) The wicked who spoiled their circumcision and desecrated the Shabbat in public, and desecrated the holidays and denied the Torah, and denied the revival of the dead, and others like them descend to Hell below, where they are sentenced and do not ascend again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
249) However, they will rise to the judgment day, and they will rise to the revival of the dead. It is written about them, \u201cAnd many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.\u201d Contempt, since everyone will say, \u201cEnough!\u201d upon seeing them, while it is written about the righteous in Israel, \u201cAnd Your people are all righteous.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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