## Chagigah Daf 5a

###### Chagigah 5a:1
[Chagigah 5a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:1)

וּמְחָרְיָא תַּנּוּרָא, שְׁקַלְתָּא וְאַנַּחְתָּא אַגַּבֵּהּ דְּכַרְעַהּ, קְדַחָא וְאִיתְּרַע מַזָּלַהּ, וְאַיְיתִיתַהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**and sweeping the oven. She took** the fire **and set it on her foot; she was scalded and her luck suffered,** which gave me the opportunity, **and I brought her.**


###### Chagigah 5a:2
[Chagigah 5a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:2)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב בִּיבִי בַּר אַבָּיֵי: אִית לְכוּ רְשׁוּתָא לְמִיעְבַּד הָכִי? אֲמַר לֵיהּ, וְלָא כְּתִיב: ״וְיֵשׁ נִסְפֶּה בְּלֹא מִשְׁפָּט״? אֲמַר לֵיהּ, וְהָכְתִיב: ״דּוֹר הוֹלֵךְ וְדוֹר בָּא״!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Beivai bar Abaye said to** the Angel of Death: Do **you have the right to act in this** manner, to take someone before his time? The Angel of Death **said to him: And** is it **not written: “But there are those swept away without justice”** (Proverbs 13:23)? Rav Beivai **said to him: And isn’t it written: “One generation passes away, and another generation comes”** (Ecclesiastes 1:4), which indicates that there is a predetermined amount of time for the life of every generation.


###### Chagigah 5a:3
[Chagigah 5a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:3)

אֲמַר: דְּרָעֵינָא לְהוּ אֲנָא עַד דְּמָלוּ לְהוּ לְדָרָא, וַהֲדַר מַשְׁלֵימְנָא לֵיהּ לְדוּמָה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: סוֹף סוֹף, שְׁנֵיהּ מַאי עָבְדַתְּ? אֲמַר: אִי אִיכָּא צוּרְבָּא מֵרַבָּנַן דְּמַעְבֵּיר בְּמִילֵּיהּ — מוֹסֵיפְנָא לְהוּ לֵיהּ, וְהָוְיָא חִלּוּפֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**He said** to him: **I shepherd them,** not releasing them **until** the years of **the generation are completed, and then I pass them on to** the angel **Duma** who oversees the souls of the dead. Rav Beivai **said to him: Ultimately, what do you do** with **his** extra **years,** those taken away from this individual? The Angel of Death **said** to him: **If there is a Torah scholar who disregards his** personal **matters,** i.e., who overlooks the insults of those who wrong him, **I add those** years **to him and he becomes** the deceased’s **replacement** for that time.


###### Chagigah 5a:4
[Chagigah 5a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:4)

רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן כִּי מָטֵי לְהַאי קְרָא, בָּכֵי: ״וַתְּסִיתֵנִי בוֹ לְבַלְּעוֹ חִנָּם״. עֶבֶד שֶׁרַבּוֹ מְסִיתִין לוֹ וְנִיסָת, תַּקָּנָה יֵשׁ לוֹ?! רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן כִּי מָטֵי לְהַאי קְרָא, בָּכֵי: ״הֵן בִּקְדֹשָׁיו לֹא יַאֲמִין״, אִי בִּקְדוֹשָׁיו לֹא יַאֲמִין — בְּמַאן יַאֲמִין?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara returns to the previous topic. **When Rabbi Yoḥanan reached this verse, he cried,** as God said to the Satan about Job: **“Although you did incite Me against him, to destroy him without cause”** (Job 2:3). Rabbi Yoḥanan said: With regard to **a slave whose master** is one whom others **incite** to act harshly against the slave **and** the master **is incited** to do so, **is there a remedy for** the slave? Additionally, **when Rabbi Yoḥanan reached this verse, he cried: “Behold He puts no trust in His sacred ones”** (Job 15:15), saying: **If He does not place trust in His sacred ones, in whom** does **He place trust?**


###### Chagigah 5a:5
[Chagigah 5a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:5)

יוֹמָא חַד הֲוָה קָא אָזֵיל בְּאוֹרְחָא, חַזְיֵיהּ לְהָהוּא גַּבְרָא דַּהֲוָה מְנַקֵּיט תֵּאנֵי, שָׁבֵיק הָנָךְ דִּמְטוֹ וְשָׁקֵיל הָנָךְ דְּלָא מְטוֹ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לָאו הָנֵי מְעַלָּן טְפֵי? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הָנֵי לְאוֹרְחָא בָּעֵינַן לְהוּ, הָנֵי נָטְרָן וְהָנֵי לָא נָטְרָן. אֲמַר, הַיְינוּ דִּכְתִיב: ״הֵן בִּקְדוֹשָׁיו לֹא יַאֲמִין״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates: **One day** Rabbi Yoḥanan **was walking along the road,** and **he saw a certain man who was picking figs** in an unusual manner: **He left the ones that had reached** the stage of ripeness **and took those that had not** yet **reached** that state. Rabbi Yoḥanan **said to him: Aren’t these** ripe ones **much better? He said to him: I need these** figs **for the road; these** that are not yet ripe **will be preserved, and these** that are already ripe **will not be preserved.** Rabbi Yoḥanan **said: This is** the same **as is written: “Behold He puts no trust in His sacred ones”;** there are righteous people whom God takes from this world before their time, as He knows that in the future they will stumble.


###### Chagigah 5a:6
[Chagigah 5a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:6)

אִינִי? וְהָא הָהוּא תַּלְמִידָא דַּהֲוָה בְּשִׁיבָבוּתֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִי וּשְׁכֵיב אַדְּזוּטַר, וַאֲמַר: אִי בָּעֵי הַאי מֵרַבָּנַן, הֲוָה חָיֵי. וְאִם אִיתָא, דִּלְמָא מֵ״הֵן בִּקְדוֹשָׁיו לֹא יַאֲמִין״ הֲוָה? הָהוּא מְבַעֵט בְּרַבּוֹתָיו הֲוָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Is that so? But there was a certain student in the neighborhood of Rabbi Alexandri, and he died while** he was still **young. And** Rabbi Alexandri **said: If this** young **Sage had wanted, he would have lived,** i.e., his actions caused him to die young. **And if it is so,** as Rabbi Yoḥanan suggested, **perhaps** this student was **from** those concerning whom it is written: **“Behold he puts no trust in his sacred ones,”** and it was not his sins that caused his death. The Gemara answers: **That** student **was** one who acted **irreverently toward his teachers,** and Rabbi Alexandri knew of his improper behavior.


###### Chagigah 5a:7
[Chagigah 5a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:7)

רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן כִּי מָטֵי לְהַאי קְרָא, בָּכֵי: ״וְקָרַבְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם לַמִּשְׁפָּט וְהָיִיתִי עֵד מְמַהֵר בַּמְכַשְּׁפִים וּבַמְנָאֲפִים וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִים לַשָּׁקֶר וּבְעוֹשְׁקֵי שְׂכַר שָׂכִיר״. עֶבֶד שֶׁרַבּוֹ מְקָרְבוֹ לְדוּנוֹ, וּמְמַהֵר לַהֲעִידוֹ — תַּקָּנָה יֵשׁ לוֹ?!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**When Rabbi Yoḥanan reached this verse, he cried: “And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false witnesses, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages,** the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the convert from his right, and do not fear Me, says the Lord” (Malachi 3:5). He said: With regard to **a slave whose master comes near to him to judge him and is swift to testify** against **him,** is **there a remedy for him?**


###### Chagigah 5a:8
[Chagigah 5a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:8)

אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי: אוֹי לָנוּ שֶׁשָּׁקַל עָלֵינוּ הַכָּתוּב קַלּוֹת כַּחֲמוּרוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to that same verse, **Rabbi Yoḥanan ben Zakkai said: Woe to us, as the verse weighs lenient** mitzvot **for us like** more **stringent** mitzvot, as it lists both those who violate sins punishable by death, e.g., sorcerers and adulterers, with those who violate apparently less severe sins, e.g., those who withhold payment from a hired worker.


###### Chagigah 5a:9
[Chagigah 5a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:9)

אָמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ: כׇּל הַמַּטֶּה דִּינוֹ שֶׁל גֵּר — כְּאִילּוּ מַטֶּה דִּינוֹ שֶׁל מַעְלָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּמַטֵּי גֵר״, ״וּמַטִּי״ כְּתִיב. אָמַר רַבִּי חֲנִינָא בַּר פָּפָּא: כׇּל הָעוֹשֶׂה דָּבָר וּמִתְחָרֵט בּוֹ — מוֹחֲלִין לוֹ מִיָּד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְלֹא יְרֵאוּנִי״. הָא ״יְרֵאוּנִי״ — מוֹחֲלִין לָהֶם מִיָּד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Reish Lakish said: Anyone who distorts the judgment of a convert, it is** considered **as if he distorted the judgment of** the One **above, as it is stated: “And who turn aside [*umattei*] the convert”** (Malachi 3:5). This term **is written** as: ***Umatti*,** turn Me aside, i.e., one who distorts the judgment of a convert is considered as though he distorts the judgment of God, as it were. **Rabbi Ḥanina bar Pappa said: Anyone who does something** sinful **and regrets it, he is forgiven immediately, as it is stated: “And do not fear Me”** (Malachi 3:5), which indicates that if **they** do **fear Me** and are embarrassed to sin before God, **they are forgiven immediately.**


###### Chagigah 5a:10
[Chagigah 5a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:10)

רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן כִּי מָטֵי לְהַאי קְרָא, בָּכֵי: ״כִּי אֶת כׇּל מַעֲשֶׂה הָאֱלֹהִים יָבִיא בְמִשְׁפָּט עַל כׇּל נֶעְלָם״. עֶבֶד שֶׁרַבּוֹ שׁוֹקֵל לוֹ שְׁגָגוֹת כִּזְדוֹנוֹת, תַּקָּנָה יֵשׁ לוֹ?!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Additionally, **when Rabbi Yoḥanan reached this verse, he cried: “For God shall bring every work into the judgment concerning every hidden thing”** (Ecclesiastes 12:14). He said: With regard to **a slave whose master weighs his unwitting** sins **like intentional** ones, i.e., God punishes him even for an action that was hidden from him, **is there a remedy for him?**


###### Chagigah 5a:11
[Chagigah 5a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:11)

מַאי ״עַל כׇּל נֶעְלָם״? אָמַר רַב: זֶה הַהוֹרֵג כִּינָּה בִּפְנֵי חֲבֵרוֹ וְנִמְאָס בָּהּ. וּשְׁמוּאֵל אָמַר: זֶה הָרָק בִּפְנֵי חֲבֵירוֹ וְנִמְאָס.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What** sin is the verse referring to when it states: **“Concerning every hidden thing”? Rav said: This** is referring to **one who kills a louse in the presence of another and** his friend **is disgusted by it.** God judges him for the unintentional discomfort he caused. **And** similarly, **Shmuel said: This** is referring to **one who spits in the presence of another** and his friend **is disgusted** by his action.


###### Chagigah 5a:12
[Chagigah 5a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:12)

מַאי ״אִם טוֹב וְאִם רָע״? אָמְרִי דְּבֵי רַבִּי יַנַּאי: זֶה הַנּוֹתֵן צְדָקָה לְעָנִי בְּפַרְהֶסְיָא. כִּי הָא דְּרַבִּי יַנַּאי חַזְיֵיהּ לְהָהוּא גַּבְרָא דְּקָא יָהֵיב זוּזָא לְעָנִי בְּפַרְהֶסְיָא, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מוּטָב דְּלָא יְהַבְתְּ לֵיהּ, מֵהַשְׁתָּא דִּיהַבְתְּ לֵיהּ וְכַסֵּפְתֵּיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What** is the meaning of the end of that verse: **“Whether it be good, or whether it be evil”** (Ecclesiastes 12:14)? This verse indicates that God judges man harshly even for the good deeds he performs. The Sages **from the school of Rabbi Yannai say: This** verse is referring to **one who gives charity to a poor person in public.** Although he performed a good deed, he embarrassed the pauper, **as in this** case **of Rabbi Yannai,** who **saw a certain man who was giving a dinar to a poor person in public. He said to him:** It would have been **better had you not given** it **to him than** what you did, as **now you gave** it to **him and embarrassed him.**


###### Chagigah 5a:13
[Chagigah 5a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:13)

דְּבֵי רַבִּי שֵׁילָא אָמְרִי, זֶה הַנּוֹתֵן צְדָקָה לְאִשָּׁה בַּסֵּתֶר, דְּקָא מַיְיתֵי לַהּ לִידֵי חֲשָׁדָא. רָבָא אָמַר: זֶה הַמְשַׁגֵּר לְאִשְׁתּוֹ בָּשָׂר שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְחוּתָּךְ בְּעַרְבֵי שַׁבָּתוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Sages from **the school of Rabbi Sheila say: This** verse is referring to **one who gives charity to a woman in private, as he subjects her to suspicion,** for people might think that he is engaging her services as a prostitute. **Rava said: This** is referring to **one who sends his wife meat that is not sliced,** i.e., that has not yet had the prohibited sciatic nerve removed, **on Shabbat eve.** Since she is in a hurry she might not notice and will perhaps cook the prohibited meat.


###### Chagigah 5a:14
[Chagigah 5a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:14)

וְהָא רָבָא מְשַׁגַּר! שָׁאנֵי בַּת רַב חִסְדָּא, דְּקִים לֵיהּ בְּגַוַּוהּ דִּבְקִיאָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But** yet **Rava** himself would **send** this type of meat to his wife on Shabbat eve. The Gemara answers: **The daughter of Rav Ḥisda,** Rava’s wife, **is different, as he was certain about her that she was an expert** in this matter. Rava trusted that his wife would realize the sciatic nerve had not been removed even when she was in a hurry on Shabbat eve.


###### Chagigah 5a:15
[Chagigah 5a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:15)

רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן כִּי מָטֵי לְהַאי קְרָא, בָּכֵי: ״וְהָיָה כִּי תִמְצֶאןָ אוֹתוֹ רָעוֹת רַבּוֹת וְצָרוֹת״. עֶבֶד שֶׁרַבּוֹ מַמְצִיא לוֹ רָעוֹת וְצָרוֹת, תַּקָּנָה יֵשׁ לוֹ?!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Additionally, **when Rabbi Yoḥanan reached this verse, he cried: “Then it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them”** (Deuteronomy 31:21). He said: With regard to **a slave whose master brings upon him evils and troubles, is there a remedy for him?**


###### Chagigah 5a:16
[Chagigah 5a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:16)

מַאי ״רָעוֹת וְצָרוֹת״? אָמַר רַב: רָעוֹת שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוֹת צָרוֹת זוֹ לָזוֹ — כְּגוֹן זִיבּוּרָא וְעַקְרַבָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What** is the verse referring to when it states: **“Evils and troubles”? Rav said: Evils that become troubles for one another,** i.e., the remedy for one problem has a deleterious effect on the other. **For example,** one who is stung by a **hornet and a scorpion.** The sting of a hornet must be treated only with a cold ointment, while that of a scorpion must be treated with a hot ointment. As these medicaments are mutually exclusive, one cannot treat both stings at the same time.


###### Chagigah 5a:17
[Chagigah 5a:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:17)

וּשְׁמוּאֵל אָמַר: זֶה הַמַּמְצִיא לוֹ מָעוֹת לֶעָנִי בִּשְׁעַת דּוֹחְקוֹ. אָמַר רָבָא, הַיְינוּ דְּאָמְרִי אִינָשֵׁי: זוּזָא לְעַלְלָא לָא שְׁכִיחָא, לִתְלִיתָא שְׁכִיחַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Shmuel said: This** verse is referring to **one who provides money to a poor person** as a loan **during his exigent** financial **circumstances,** but immediately after the borrower is released from the initial pressure by receiving the loan, the lender begins to demand repayment, subjecting the recipient to further pressure. **Rava said** that **this** explains the folk saying **that people say: A dinar for produce is not found; for hanging** it can be **found.** A poor person cannot find money to buy basic necessities; however, when the lenders hang on and pressure him he must come up with the money somehow.


###### Chagigah 5a:18
[Chagigah 5a:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/5a:18)

״וְחָרָה אַפִּי בוֹ בַיּוֹם הַהוּא וַעֲזַבְתִּים וְהִסְתַּרְתִּי פָנַי מֵהֶם״, אָמַר רַב בַּרְדְּלָא בַּר טַבְיוֹמֵי אָמַר רַב: כׇּל שֶׁאֵינוֹ בְּהֶסְתֵּר פָּנִים — אֵינוֹ מֵהֶם, כׇּל שֶׁאֵינוֹ בִּ״וְהָיָה לֶאֱכוֹל״ —

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
On the same topic the Gemara states: **“Then My anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them,** and they shall be devoured” (Deuteronomy 31:17). **Rav Bardela bar Tavyumei said** that **Rav said: Anyone who is not subject to** His **hiding of the face,** i.e., whose prayers are invariably answered, **is not from** the Jewish people, as the verse states about the Jewish people that God will hide His face from them as a result of their sins. Similarly, **anyone** who **is not subject to: “And they shall be devoured,”** i.e., gentiles do not steal his money,