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Avos 4:22-5:1
Avot4: 22
הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר: הַיִּלּוֹדִים — לָמוּת, וְהַמֵּתִים — לְהַחֲיוֹת, וְהַחַיִּים — לִדּוֹן, לֵידַע לְהוֹדִיעַ וּלְהִוָּדַע שֶׁהוּא אֵל, הוּא הַיּוֹצֵר, הוּא הַבּוֹרֵא, הוּא הַמֵּבִין, הוּא הַדַּיָּן, הוּא עֵד, הוּא בַּעַל דִּין, וְהוּא עָתִיד לָדוּן. בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁאֵין לְפָנָיו לֹא עַוְלָה וְלֹא שִׁכְחָה וְלֹא מַשּׂוֹא פָנִים וְלֹא מִקַּח שׁוֹחַד, שֶׁהַכֹּל שֶׁלּוֹ. וְדַע, שֶׁהַכֹּל לְפִי הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן. וְאַל יַבְטִיחֲךָ יִצְרֶךָ שֶׁהַשְּׁאוֹל בֵּית מָנוֹס לָךְ, שֶׁעַל כָּרְחֲךָ אַתָּה נוֹצָר, וְעַל כָּרְחֲךָ אַתָּה נוֹלָד, וְעַל כָּרְחֲךָ אַתָּה חַי, וְעַל כָּרְחֲךָ אַתָּה מֵת, וְעַל כָּרְחֲךָ אַתָּה עָתִיד לִתֵּן דִּין וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא.
He used to say: The born shall die, the dead shall be resurrected, and the living shall be judged. To know, to make known, and to understand that He is God, He is the Molder, He is the Creator, He is the Discerner, He is the Judge, He is [the] Witness, He is [the] Litigant, and He will ultimately pass judgment. Blessed is He, for before Him is neither iniquity, nor forgetfulness, nor fa-voritism, nor acceptance of bribes, for everything is His. Know that everything is according to the accounting. And do not let your [evil] inclination assure you that the grave is a refuge for you, for against your will you are formed, and against your will you are born, and against your will you live, and against your will you die, and against your will you are destined to give judgment and accounting before the King Who reigns over kings, the Holy One, Blessed is He.
Avot5: 1
בַּעֲשָׂרָה מַאֲמָרוֹת נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם. וּמַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר, וַהֲלֹא בְמַאֲמָר אֶחָד יָכוֹל לְהִבָּרְאוֹת? אֶלָּא לְהִפָּרַע מִן הָרְשָׁעִים שֶׁמְּאַבְּדִין אֶת הָעוֹלָם שֶׁנִּבְרָא בַּעֲשָׂרָה מַאֲמָרוֹת, וְלִתֵּן שָׂכָר טוֹב לַצַּדִּיקִים שֶׁמְּקַיְּמִין אֶת הָעוֹלָם שֶׁנִּבְרָא בַּעֲשָׂרָה מַאֲמָרוֹת.
With ten Divine Statements the world was created. And what does this come to teach? Is it not evident that it could have been created with one Divine Statement? Rather, [it is] to hold liable the wicked who destroy the world that was created with ten Di-vine Statements, and to bestow optimal reward upon the righteous who sustain the world that was created with ten Divine Statements.
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