Commentary for Chagigah 53:7

א"ר אבהו אמר ר"א ת"ח אין אור של גיהנם שולטת בהן ק"ו מסלמנדרא ומה סלמנדרא שתולדת אש היא הסך מדמה אין אור שולטת בו ת"ח שכל גופן אש דכתיב (ירמיהו כג, כט) הלא כה דברי כאש נאם ה' על אחת כמה וכמה

Rabbi Avahu quoted Rabbi Elazar as having said: The fire of hell does not rule of the scholars, as can be proven by logically extrapolating from a salamander, For just as a salamander, which is the product of fire [rather than fire itself], and one who anoints himself with [the salamander's] blood cannot be harmed by fire, certainly the scholars who's entire bodies are fire [cannot be harmed by fire of hell], as it is written "Is it not that my words are like fire, says God".

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