Sanhedrin 92a

סנהדרין צ״ב ע״א

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Topic

Rewards for teaching תורה, sources for תחיית המתים, and a series of רבי אלעזר's sayings on דעה and conduct

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a reading of משלי 11:26: whoever holds back תורה from a student is cursed even by unborn babies, or, according to עולא בר ישמעאל, pierced full of holes. The one who does teach receives blessings like יוסף, and רב ששת adds that he will go on teaching in עולם הבא. רבא, רבינא and רב אשי then each bring a פסוק as a source for תחיית המתים. Next comes a long list of sayings by רבי אלעזר. They cover a gentle leader, the greatness of דעה and the מקדש (with a challenge from רב אדא קרחינאה about vengeance), what happens to people without דעה, a house without תורה at night, supporting תלמידי חכמים, leaving bread on the table, going back on one's word, and staying out of the spotlight. Two of these sayings seem to clash about leaving bread over, and the גמרא settles it by whether a whole loaf is present. The גמרא then returns to תחיית המתים: the grave is like a womb, taking in and giving out, and a קל וחומר strengthens the point. The amud ends with the teaching that the צדיקים who are brought back to life will never return to dust.

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The steps (33)

1. StatementProving what each word of the verse means
2. StatementA second reading: he is pierced like a sieve
3. Statementאביי describes the kind of holes
4. QuestionWhat is the reward for teaching?
5. ResponseHe gets blessings like יוסף
6. StatementTeaching in this world, teaching in the next
7. Statementרבא finds תחיית המתים in the blessing of ראובן
8. Statementרבינא brings a source from the book of דניאל
9. Statementרב אשי brings another source from דניאל
10. StatementA gentle leader will lead his people in the World-to-Come
11. StatementKnowledge is great because it sits between two names of ה׳
12. StatementThe מקדש is great for the same reason
13. Challengeרב אדא challenges the method: what about vengeance?
14. ResolutionYes, in its own setting vengeance is great
15. StatementA person with understanding is like the Temple being built in his days
16. StatementA person with understanding will become wealthy
17. StatementOne may not have mercy on a person without understanding
18. StatementGiving bread to someone without understanding brings suffering
19. StatementA person without understanding ends up in exile
20. StatementA house with no תורה at night is burned by fire
21. StatementSomeone who does not support תורה scholars never sees blessing
22. StatementLeave some bread on your table
23. ChallengeBut leaving pieces of bread is like idol worship
24. ResolutionIt depends on whether a whole loaf is there
25. StatementGoing back on your word is like idol worship
26. StatementStaring at ערוה drains a man's strength
27. StatementStay hidden and you will last
28. ProofSupport from the dark house with a possible נגע
29. QuestionWhy does the פסוק put the grave next to the womb?
30. ResponseThe grave gives back, just like the womb
31. ProofA קל וחומר from the womb to the grave
32. ConclusionAn answer to those who deny תחיית המתים from the Torah
33. StatementThe revived צדיקים will live forever