Musar for Bava Batra 157:8
אלא נראין דברי רבי יוסי בשדה ואילן מכלל דפליג בבור ושובך והא רבי יוסי שדה ואילן קאמר
[or] for Temple repair and not for the altar<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g.. gold, silver or precious stones. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> [and also in the case of those which are suitable] neither for the altar nor for Temple repair.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., milk, cheese or herbs which can only be sold and their proceeds used for the Temple or altar purposes. ');"><sup>15</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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