Commentary for Moed Katan 17:23

א"ל לבריה בני אדם הללו אנשים של צורה הם זיל גביהון דליברכוך אזל אשכחינהו דקא רמו קראי אהדדי כתיב (משלי ד, כו) פלס מעגל רגלך וכל דרכיך יכונו וכתיב (משלי ה, ו) אורח חיים פן תפלס

'and glad of heart', that is each man's wife conceived and bore him a male child.' For all the goodness' that is, a Bath kol had come forth and announced to them: 'All of you are destined for the life of the world to come ; That the Lord had shown unto David His servant and to Israel His people': It is perfectly clear [as to what is referred to] by 'al the goodness shown to Israel His people', as indicating that God had granted them pardon for their sin against [the non-observance of] the Day of Atonement; but what is the point of 'the goodness shown unto David His servant'? - Said Rab Judah, as reporting Rab; At the moment when Solomon wanted to bring the Ark into the Temple, the gates held fast together.

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