Commentary for Shabbat 277:4

ואין הקב"ה משרה שכינתו על ישראל עד שיכלו שופטים ושוטרים רעים מישראל שנאמר (ישעיהו א, כה) ואשיבה ידי עליך ואצרוף כבור סגיך ואסירה כל בדיליך ואשיבה שופטיך כבראשונה ויועציך כבתחלה וגו'

And the Holy One, blessed be He, will not cause His Divine presence to rest upon Israel until the wicked judges and officers cease out of Israel, for it is said, And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin. And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning, etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. I, 25f. ');">⁷</span> 'Ulla said: Jerusalem shall be redeemed only by righteousness,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., through the exercise of righteousness. ');">⁸</span>

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