Reference for Rosh Hashanah 33:16

(מיכה ז, יח) לשארית נחלתו אמר רבי אחא בר חנינא אליה וקוץ בה לשארית נחלתו ולא לכל נחלתו

Raba said: The iniquity itself is not obliterat and if there is an excess of iniquities<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if even so the iniquities just balance the merits.');">³⁰</span> [God] reckons it with the others.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So as to count him guilty.');">³¹</span> Raba said: He who forgoes his right [to exact punishment]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'passes by his measures'.');">³²</span> is forgiven all his iniquities, as it says, Forgiving iniquity and passing by transgression. Who is forgiven iniquity? One who passes by transgression [against himself]. R'Huna the son of R'Joshua was once ill. R'Papa went to inquire about him. He saw that he was very ill<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit. 'the world (life) was getting weak for him'.');">³³</span> and said to those present, Make ready provisions for his [everlasting] journey.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., prepare shrouds.');">³⁴</span> Eventually, however, he [R'Huna] recovered, and R'Papa felt ashamed to see him. He said to him, What did you see [in your illness]? He replied, It was indeed as you thought, but the Holy One, blessed be He, said to them [the angels]: Because he does not insist upon his rights, do not be particular with him, as it says, Forgiving iniquity and passing by transgression. Who is forgiven iniquity? He who passes by transgression. [The verse continues], 'to the remnant of his heritage'. R'Aha son of R'Hanina said: We have here a fat tail with a thorn in it:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A certain breed of sheep in the East have very long tails which are esteemed a great delicacy, but as they trail on the ground they often pick up thorns. Hence the proverbial expression, 'a tail with a thorn in it' for a good thing containing a snag.');">³⁵</span> 'for the remnant of his inheritance', but not for all his inheritanc

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