Liturgy for Rosh Hashanah 33:8
פושעי ישראל בגופן והא אמרת לית להו תקנתא כי לית להו תקנה ברוב עונות הכא מחצה עונות ומחצה זכיות ואית בהו נמי עון דפושעי ישראל בגופן לא סגיא ליה דלאו והבאתי את השלישית באש ואם לאו ורב חסד מטה כלפי חסד ועליהן אמר דוד אהבתי כי ישמע ה'
Raba added: Among them are the most handsome of the inhabitants of Mahuza, and they shall be called 'sons of Gehinnom'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [The passage is difficult. Read with MS.M. 'The Master said (above) " of="" them="" (of="" the="" intermediate="" class)="" hannah="" said="" lord="" killeth="" and="" maketh="" alive,="" he="" bringeth="" down="" to="" grave="" up".="" r.="" isaac="" b.="" abin="" said,="" their="" faces="" (that="" is,="" shall="" (on="" rising="" from="" gehinnom)="" be="" black="" like="" sides="" pot.="" raba="" added,="" yet="" (despite="" this="" disfigurement)="" they="" more="" beautiful="" than="" most="" handsome="" men="" mahuza="" who="" called="" sons="" gehinnom'.="" v.="" d.s.="" a.l.].');"=""><sup>18</sup></span> The Master said [above]: 'Beth Hillel say, He that abounds in grace inclines [the scales] towards grace'. [How can this be], seeing that it is written, And I shall bring the third part through the fire?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which was explained above to refer to the intermediate.');"><sup>19</sup></span>