Rav Huna on Hidden Things Revealed to Rabbi Akiva

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Chukat 24:2

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Rav Huna said: It is written (Psalms 75:3), "For I will take an appointed time; I Myself will judge with equity." And it is written (Zechariah 14:6), "And it shall come to pass on that day, there shall be no light, but cold and congealing." Matters that are hidden from you in this world are destined to float up clear before you in the world to come, like that blind man who comes to see, as it is written (Isaiah 42:16), "And I will lead the blind by a way they did not know, [...] I will turn darkness before them into light, [...] these things I have done." It does not say "I will do," but "I have done"—for you have already done them for Rabbi Akiva and his colleagues. [Rabbi Aha said: Matters that were not revealed to Moses were revealed to Rabbi Akiva, as it is said (Job 28:10), "And his eye beheld every precious thing." This refers to Rabbi Akiva and his colleagues.]

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World To ComeAdam EveMartyrdomNoahRevelation

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