Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Bava Batra 150:2

מאי (ישעיהו ד, ה) ועל מקראיה אמר רבה א"ר יוחנן לא כירושלים של עולם הזה ירושלים של עולם הבא ירושלים של עולם הזה כל הרוצה לעלות עולה של עולם הבא אין עולין אלא המזומנין לה

will go. Rabbah in the name of R. Johanan further stated: The righteous will in time to come be called by the name of the Holy One, blessed be He; for it is said: <i>Every one that is called by My name, and whom I have created for My glory. I have formed him, yea, I have made him</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XLIII, 7. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> R. Samuel b. Nahmani said in the name of R. Johanan: Three were called by the name of the Holy One; blessed be He, and they are the following: The righteous, the Messiah and Jerusalem. [This may be inferred as regards] the righteous [from] what has just been said. [As regards] the Messiah — it is written: And this is the name whereby he shall be called, The Lord is our righteousness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. XXIII, 6. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>

Shenei Luchot HaBerit

This is what G–d meant when He said to Israel: והייתם לי סגולה מכל העמים. "You will be precious to Me more than any of the other nations" This meant that any favours that the nations would experience, Israel would also experience. When G–d continued: ואתם תהיו לי ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש, He announced that what Israel would receive as a part of the bounty G–d shares out to the Gentiles would not be considered as of value since Israel are a kingdom of priests. All Israelites are considered as princes, sons of kings. The word "kings" refers to the kingdom of Heaven. When the Torah says of Israel "you are a holy nation," the word "holy" is to be understood as similar to what the sages say about the angels paying their respects to the righteous in the world of the future by addressing them as קדוש, "holy."
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