Musar for Eruvin 37:6
איני והאמר רבי שמעון בן לקיש רשעים אפילו על פתחו של גיהנם אינם חוזרין בתשובה שנאמר (ישעיהו סו, כד) ויצאו וראו בפגרי האנשים הפושעים בי וגו' שפשעו לא נאמר אלא הפושעים שפושעים והולכין לעולם
Thou hast judged well, Thou hast condemned well, and well provided Gehenna for the wicked and Paradise for the righteous'. But this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The statement just made (v. supra p. 128, n. 17) . ohgaupv');"><sup>19</sup></span> is not [so]? For did not R'Simeon B'Lakish state: The wicked do not repent even at the gate of Gehenna, for it is said: And they shall go forth and look upon the carcasses of the men, that rebel<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , pr. particip. E.V., have rebelled.');"><sup>20</sup></span>
Shemirat HaLashon
And if a man wishes to cleave to this trait of savlanuth, let him reflect always on the punishment for sins in Gehinnom and through gilgul [metempsychosis]. As Chazal have said (Eruvin 19a) on Psalms 84:7: "ovrei be'emek habacha mayan yeshituhu": "Ovrei" — these are the transgressors [ovrim] of the L-rd's will; "emek" — Gehinnom is deepened [ma'amikim] for them; "habacha" — they cry [bochim] and shed tears as the well of Shitin [mayan shel shitin (into which the remainder of the alter libations was poured)]." And it is known that the fire of the first level of Gehinnom is sixty times more intense than ours; of the second level, sixty times more intense than that of the first level. And thus the punishment redoubles itself in all the [succeeding] levels. And Ramban has already written in Sha'ar Hagmul that one moment in Gehinnom is more excruciating than all the afflictions of Iyyov all of his days. And it is also known that the punishment of gilgul is more excruciating than the punishment of Gehinnom.
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