Jewish%20thought for Yoma 76:15

(אמר) ר' חייא בר אבא אמר ר' יוחנן כיון שיצאו רוב שנותיו של אדם ולא חטא שוב אינו חוטא שנאמר רגלי חסידיו ישמור דבי ר' שילא אמרי כיון שבאה לידו דבר עבירה פעם ראשונה ושניה ואינו חוטא שוב אינו חוטא שנאמר רגלי חסידיו ישמור

'Holy ones' means many? - R'Nahman B'Isaac said: It is written: His holy' one.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. II, 9. Although the kere (the traditional reading) is in the plural the kethib () , (the written form) is in the singular. kdrk kdr');">²⁷</span> R'Hiyya B'Abba said further in the name of R'Johanan: When the majority of a man's years have passed without sin, he will no more sin, as it is said: 'He will keep the feet of His holy ones'. In the school of Shil was taught that if the opportunity for sin has come to a man the first and the second time and he resisted, he will never sin, as it is said: 'He will keep the feet of His holy ones'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Taking in the sense of , cf. Gen. XXX, 30, 'at the foot of', 'at the guidance of', 'on account of', he renders the verse, He preserves');">²⁸</span>

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