Commentary for Berakhot 117:2
וליהדר לה אין הבור מתמלא מחוליתו אי נמי אין קטיגור נעשה סניגור
But He should have restored [the original stars]! "A pit cannot be filled with its own clods"; or also, "An accuser cannot become a defender."
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
See p. 11.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
A proverbial expression. The two stars, having been instroments of destruction, cannot be used to bring reparation.
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