Commentary for Nedarim 79:5
ואם ביקר מה שכרו מה שכרו כדאמר ניצול מדינה של גיהנם אלא מה שכרו בעוה"ז
Rab said: He who visits the sick will be delivered from the punishments of Gehenna, for it is written, Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the day of evil.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XLI, 2. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> 'The poor' [dal] means none but the sick, as it is written, He will cut me off from pining sickness [mi-dalah];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XXXVIII, 12. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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