כִּי תָבֹאוּ אֶל אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן וְנָתַתִּי נֶגַע צָרַעַת בְּבֵית אֶרֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם (ויקרא יד, לד), הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (תהלים עג, א): אַךְ טוֹב לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים לְבָרֵי לֵבָב, יָכוֹל לַכֹּל, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר לְבָרֵי לֵבָב, אֵלּוּ שֶׁלִּבָּן בָּרִי בַּמִּצְוֹת, (תהלים פד, ו): אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם עֹז לוֹ בָךְ, יָכוֹל לַכֹּל תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (תהלים פד, ו): מְסִלּוֹת בִּלְבָבָם, אֵלּוּ דִּשְׁבִילִין דְּאוֹרַיְתָא כְּבִישִׁין בְּלִבְּהוֹן, (תהלים קכה, ד): הֵטִיבָה ה' לַטּוֹבִים, יָכוֹל לַכֹּל, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (תהלים קכה, ד): וְלִישָׁרִים בְּלִבּוֹתָם. (נחום א, ז): טוֹב ה' לְמָעוֹז בְּיוֹם צָרָה, יָכוֹל לַכֹּל, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (נחום א, ז): וְיֹדֵעַ חֹסֵי בוֹ. (איכה ג, כה): טוֹב ה' לְקֹוָו, יָכוֹל לַכֹּל, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (איכה ג, כה): לְנֶפֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶׁנּוּ. (תהלים קמה, יח): קָרוֹב ה' לְכָל קֹרְאָיו, יָכוֹל לַכֹּל, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (תהלים קמה, יח): לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָאֻהוּ בֶּאֱמֶת. (תהלים עג, ב): וַאֲנִי כִּמְעַט נָטָיוּ רַגְלָי, רַב וְלֵוִי חַד אָמַר אָסָף בֶּן קֹרַח הָיָה וְחַד אָמַר אָסָף אַחֵר הָיָה, מַאן דְּאָמַר אָסָף בֶּן קֹרַח הָיָה כְּבָר הָיִיתִי שׁוֹרֶה עִם אַבָּא בַּגֵּיהִנֹּם, וְחַד אָמַר אָסָף אַחֵר הָיָה כְּבָר הָיִיתִי שׁוֹרֶה עִם הָרְשָׁעִים בַּגֵּיהִנֹּם, לָמָּה (תהלים עג, ג): כִּי קִנֵּאתִי בַּהוֹלְלִים, בְּמַעֲרָבָא אוֹמְרִים אֵלּוּ שֶׁלִּבָּם מָלֵא הוֹלֵלוֹת רָעוֹת. רַבִּי לֵוִי קָרֵי לְהוֹן זְהוֹנַיָא, אֵלּוּ שֶׁמְבִיאִין אַלְלַי לָעוֹלָם, (תהלים עג, ג): שְׁלוֹם רְשָׁעִים אֶרְאֶה, כְּתִיב (ישעיה נז, כא): אֵין שָׁלוֹם לָרְשָׁעִים, וְאַתָּה אוֹמֵר שְׁלוֹם רְשָׁעִים, אֶלָּא בְּשִׁלּוּמִים שֶׁל רְשָׁעִים אֶרְאֶה. (תהלים עג, ד): כִּי אֵין חַרְצֻבּוֹת לְמוֹתָם וּבָרִיא אוּלָם, לֹא הִרְהַרְתִּים בָּחֳלָאִים וְלֹא צְבִיתִים בְּעוֹנוֹת, אֶלָּא וּבָרִיא אוּלָם, עֲשִׂיתִים בְּרִיאִים כְּאוּלָם, כְּדִתְנַן פִּתְחוֹ שֶׁל אוּלָם אָרְכּוֹ אַרְבָּעִים אַמָּה וְרָחְבּוֹ עֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה וְחָמֵשׁ מַלְתְּרָיּוֹת שֶׁל מֵילָא הָיוּ עַל גַּבָּיו. רַבִּי דּוֹסְתָּאי בְּרַבִּי יַנַּאי בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי מֵאִיר וְרַבָּנָן, רַבִּי דּוֹסְתָּאי אָמַר בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי מֵאִיר הָאִשָּׁה הַזֹּאת הִיא טָוָה מָעָה אַחַת עָבָה וּמָעָה אַחַת דַּקָּה, אֵלּוּ הַצִּיבִים לְעוֹנוֹת וְאֵלּוּ לְאִיסְפְּלִיטוֹן. רַבָּנָן אָמְרֵי, אֵין לָהֶם צִיבִים שֶׁל עֲוֹנוֹת שֶׁיָּמוּתוּ בָּהֶם, אֶלָּא אֵלוּ הַבְּרִיאִים לְיוֹם הַדִּין, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (מלכים א ז, ז): וְאוּלָם הַכִּסֵּא אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁפָּט שָׁם אֻלָם הַמִּשְׁפָּט. (תהלים עג, ה): בַּעֲמַל אֱנוֹשׁ אֵינֵמוֹ, לֹא לַחֲרשׁ וְלֹא לִזְרֹעַ וְלֹא לִקְצֹר, (תהלים עג, ה): וְעִם אָדָם לֹא יְנֻגָּעוּ, אָמַר רַב הַמְנוּנָא אֲפִלּוּ בְּאוֹתָם שֶׁכָּתוּב בָּהֶם (יחזקאל לד, לא): וְאַתֵּן צֹאנִי צֹאן מַרְעִיתִי אָדָם אַתֶּם, לֹא יְנוּגָעוּ, לְפִיכָךְ משֶׁה מַזְהִיר לְיִשְׂרָאֵל: כִּי תָבֹאוּ אֶל אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן.
“When you will come to the land of Canaan, which I am giving to you as a possession, and I will place a mark of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession” (Leviticus 14:34). “When you will come to the land of Canaan…and I will place a mark of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession.” That is what is written: “Indeed, God is good to Israel, to those pure of heart” (Psalms 73:1). One might [think God is good] to all; the verse states: “For those pure of heart,” those whose hearts are pure in the performance of mitzvot. “Happy is the person whose strength is in You” (Psalms 84:7). One might [think this applies] to all; the verse states: “Paths in their heart” (Psalms 84:7) – it is for those for whom the paths of Torah are paved in their heart. “Be good, Lord, to those who are good” (Psalms 125:4). One might [think it applies] to all; the verse states: “To the upright of heart” (Psalms 125:4). “The Lord is good; He is a stronghold on the day of trouble” (Nahum 1:7). One might [think it applies] to all; the verse states: “and He knows who takes refuge in Him” (Nahum 1:7). “The Lord is good to those who hope for Him” (Lamentations 3:25). One might [think it applies] to all; the verse states: “To the soul that seeks Him” (Lamentations 3:25). “The Lord is close to all who call Him” (Psalms 145:18). One might [think it applies] to all; the verse states: “To all who call Him in truth” (Psalms 145:18). “[A psalm of Asaf…] But I, my feet came close to veering” (Psalms 73:1–2). Rav and Levi, one said it was Asaf son of Koraḥ, and one said it was a different Asaf. The one who said it was Asaf son of Koraḥ [interprets the verse to mean]: I would have already been dwelling with my father in Gehenna. The one who said it was a different Asaf: I would have already been dwelling with the wicked in Gehenna. Why? “For I was jealous of the revelers [baholelim]” (Psalms 73:3). In the West, they say: Those whose hearts are filled with wicked thoughts [holelot]. Rabbi Levi would call them: Arrogant cynics, who bring woe [alelai] to the world. “I saw the peace of the wicked” (Psalms 73:3). It is written: “There is no peace for the wicked” (Isaiah 57:21), and you say: “Peace of [shelom] the wicked”? Rather, I saw the retribution [shilumim] of the wicked. “For there are no chains toward their death; indeed, they are healthy” (Psalms 73:4). I did not cause them to contemplate with illnesses, and I did not bind them in chains. But rather, “they are healthy [bari ulam]” – I rendered them as healthy [beriim] as the Hall [ulam], as we learned: The entrance to the Hall was forty cubits high and twenty cubits wide and there were five oak cornices above it. Rabbi Dostai ben Rabbi Yanai in the name of Rabbi Meir and the Rabbis, Rabbi Dostai said in the name of Rabbi Meir: This woman spins one maa of coarse thread and one maa of fine thread. These thin ones are for threads and those are for cords. The Rabbis say: They have no string of punishments from which they will die, but rather, they are healthy until judgment day. That is what is written: “He made the Hall of [veulam] the throne where he would judge, the Hall of [ulam] judgment” (I Kings 7:7). “They are excluded from human toil” (Psalms 73:5). Not to plow, not to sow, and not to reap. “No plagues of man afflict them” (Psalms 73:5), Rav Hamnuna said: Not even the plagues that afflict those in whose regard it is written: “You, My flock, flock of My pasture, you are men” (Ezekiel 34:31). Therefore, Moses cautions Israel: “When you will come to the land of Canaan.”