Quoting%20commentary for Taanit 9:13
וא"ל רב נחמן לר' יצחק מאי דכתיב (ירמיהו י, ח) ובאחת יבערו ויכסלו מוסר הבלים עץ הוא א"ל הכי א"ר יוחנן אחת היא שמבערת רשעים בגיהנם מאי היא ע"ז כתיב הכא מוסר הבלים עץ הוא וכתיב התם (ירמיהו י, טו) הבל המה מעשה תעתועים
Is there then a heavenl Jerusalem? -Yes; for it is written, Jerusalem thou art builded as a city that is compact together.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CXXII, 3. Stressing the word R. Johanan adduces from the verse that Jerusalem has a a companion (or prototype) in heaven. Both are said to be situated exactly opposite each other. [The verse in Hosea is thus taken to mean: There is a holy (city) in thy midst');"><sup>12</sup></span> R'Nahman further said to R'Isaac: What is the meaning of the verse, But they are altogether brutish and foolish; the vanities by which they are instructed are but a stock?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. X, 8. urgcu rgc');"><sup>13</sup></span>
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