Quotation for Shabbat 66:8
בהדי פניא דמעלי שבתא חזו ההוא סבא דהוה נקיט תרי מדאני אסא ורהיט בין השמשות אמרו ליה הני למה לך אמר להו לכבוד שבת ותיסגי לך בחד חד כנגד (שמות כ, ז) זכור וחד כנגד (דברים ה, יא) שמור א"ל לבריה חזי כמה חביבין מצות על ישראל יתיב דעתייהו
of the wicked in Gehenna is [limited to] twelve months.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On 'Gehenna' v. p. 153, n. 8. Judaism rejects on the whole the idea of eternal punishment, for punishment is regenerative, not vindictive, and therefore must terminate; v. M. Joseph, Judaism as Creed and Life, p. 145. ');"><sup>27</sup></span> A Heavenly Echo then came forth and said, 'Go forth from your cave!' Thus.'; they issued: wherever R. Eleazar wounded,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With a glance of his eyes. ');"><sup>28</sup></span> R. Simeon healed. Said he to him, 'My son! You and I are sufficient for the world.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not to be taken literally. ');"><sup>29</sup></span> On the eve of the Sabbath before sunset they saw an old man holding two bundles of myrtle and running at twilight. What are these for?' they asked him. 'They are in honour of the Sabbath,' he replied.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Their fragrance is to beautify the Sabbath and lend cheer to it.-Contrary to the opinion of many, the Sabbath, in spite of its prohibitions, is and has been 'a day of delight' and spiritual nourishment to millions of observant Jews, not a day of gloom; v. Shechter, Studies in Judaism, p. 296. ');"><sup>30</sup></span>