Reference for Yoma 76:6
אמר ר' אלעזר צדיק מעצמו ורשע מחבירו צדיק מעצמו דכתיב זכר צדיק לברכה ורשע מחבירו דכתיב ושם רשעים ירקב
- See what happened to him!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Normally, none would do that, because of a bad omen, or because one should help the name of the wicked to 'rot' by being forgotten. Look what this deviation from cusom brought upon the child.');"><sup>9</sup></span> R'Eleazar said: The righteous man is remembered by his own [good deeds], the wicked [also] by those of his fellow. [Proof that] the righteous [is remembered] by his own [good deeds], for it is written: 'The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing'.
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