daf bit: Sanhedrin 90
May. 13th, 2010 07:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioThe mishna teaches: all Israel has a portion in the world to come,
except for the following: he who denies resurrection, he who says the
torah was not divinely revealed, and an apikorus. Rabbi Akiva adds:
one who reads uncanonical books (!). Also (this is unattributed)
one who whispers a charm over a wound. Abba Shaul says: also one who
pronounces the divine name as it is spelled. The g'mara for
the rest of the daf (and more) talks about resurrection, starting
with the practical observation that one who denies resurrection
doesn't get to experience it. (90a-b)
This last point is similar to a view of atheism I heard once that resonated: if you don't believe in God, you don't get to experience God -- which satisfies everyone involved, yes?
I noticed something fun on tomorrow's daf, so there will be another daf bit tomorrow.
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Date: 2010-05-13 04:04 pm (UTC)