Musar for Bava Batra 157:7
תניא אמר רבי נראין דברי ר' יהודה בבור ושובך ודברי ר' יוסי בשדה ואילן האי מאי בשלמא נראין דברי ר' יהודה בבור ושובך מכלל דפליג אשדה ואילן
HE WHO SOLD A DUNGHILL HAS [ALSO] SOLD THE MANURE IN IT, etc. We learnt elsewhere:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Me'il. 13a. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> [In the case of] all [objects which are] suitable for the altar and not for the Temple repair,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., unblemished cattle, flour or wine. ');"><sup>13</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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