Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Sanhedrin 209:15

אמר רב נחמן חוצפא אפילו כלפי שמיא מהני מעיקרא כתיב לא תלך עמהם ולבסוף כתיב קום לך אתם אמר רב ששת חוצפא מלכותא בלא תאגא היא דכתיב (שמואל ב ג, לט) ואנכי היום רך ומשוח מלך והאנשים האלה בני צרויה קשים ממני וגו'

<i>The</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<i><font>wicked shall be turned into hell</font></i> —this refers to <font>transgressors among Israel</font>; <i>and all the nations that forgetGod</i> — to transgressors among theheathen.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Heathens, however, who do nor forget God will share the bliss of eternal life.] ');"><sup>29</sup></span> This is R. Eliezer's view.But R. Joshua said to him: Is it stated, and [those] among all thenations?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which would denote only some of them. ');"><sup>30</sup></span>

Shenei Luchot HaBerit

Most difficult of all is the problem how G–d could become angry at Bileam for accompanying the messengers of Balak, seeing He Himself had authorized him to go in 22,20? Our sages in Sanhedrin 105a conclude חוצפא אפילו כלפי שמיא מהניא, "insolence pays even if it is directed against Heaven."
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