Musar for Bava Batra 157:2
אמר רב יהודה אמר רב כל הפורש מדברי תורה אש אוכלתו שנאמר (יחזקאל טו, ז) ונתתי [את] פני בהם מהאש יצאו והאש תאכלם
<i>unto Medebah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> — until it will melt their souls.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I. e., the souls of the wicked. [H] is here derived from the root [H] 'to melt'. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Shemirat HaLashon
He is also judged [i.e., punished] in Gehinnom for this sin, as Chazal have said (Bava Bathra 79a): "Whoever separates himself from words of Torah falls into Gehinnom, as it is written (Mishlei 21:16): 'The man who wanders from the path of wisdom will rest in the congregation of refaim' [the shades], "refaim" being nothing other than Gehinnom." And in the holy Zohar, Parshath Vayikra:
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