Quoting%20commentary for Kiddushin 78:9

ודלמא לאו הכי הוה ר' יעקב מעשה חזא ודלמא מהרהר בעבירה הוה מחשבה רעה אין הקב"ה מצרפה למעשה

Now, if one's father said to him, 'Ascend to the loft and bring me young birds,' and he ascends to the loft, dismisses the dam and takes the young, and on his return falls and is killed - where is this man's happiness<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the goodness of his days'.');">²²</span> and where is this man's prolonging of days? But 'in order that it may be well with thee', means on the day that is wholly good; and 'in order that thy days may be long', on the day that is wholly long.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., both refer to the next world, not to this, and thereby emphasize that regard comes only then, but not in this world.');">²³</span>

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