Musar for Bava Batra 157:3
כי אתא רב דימי א"ר יונתן כל הפורש עצמו מד"ת נופל בגיהנם שנאמר (משלי כא, טז) אדם תועה מדרך השכל בקהל רפאים ינוח ואין רפאים אלא גיהנם שנאמר (משלי ט, יח) ולא ידע כי רפאים שם בעמקי שאול קרואיה:
Others interpret: Until He had accomplished what he desired<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], is regarded as a contraction of [H] 'until he had done what he wanted'. ['Aleph and 'Ayin are interchangeable]. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> [to do to the wicked].
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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