..."And as the groom leaves his canopy, he enters as a hero and leaves as weak, so too the sun enters as a hero and exits as weak from its seasons. Another thing, as the groom enters pure and leaves impure, so too the sun enters pure and exits impure. Perhaps it causes distress. The student says, 'An old person can run like a hero along the path.' This teaches us that he makes his own path."
"From the edge of the sky he emerges. On the first of Tammuz there is no shade for any creature beneath him. His cycle is on their edges. The sages said there is a hell in the future, as it is said (Isaiah 31:9) 'The word of the Lord, who has a fire in Zion.' Rabbi Yannai and Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish said, 'There is no hell in the future, only this sun that scorches the wicked, as it is said (Malachi 3:19) 'For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace.' As for his outlet, it is in a niche and in a wheel and in a pool of water that passes above him on the firmament, and he diminishes his anger in the water that is above the firmament. Nevertheless, his anger is not hidden. What will the Holy One, Blessed be He, do in the future? He will take him out of his niche and bring him to the second firmament and judge the wicked with him, and he will burn them, as it is said (Malachi 3:19) 'For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace.' Rabbi Yehoshua said, 'The Holy One, Blessed be He, performed an act of righteousness in the world by not placing him in the first firmament. If he had been placed in the first firmament, there would be no creature beneath him with any shade, as it is said, 'His anger is not hidden.' But in the future, who is hidden from his anger? The one who engages in Torah. What is written after him? 'The Torah of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul.' (Psalms 19:8) And likewise it says (Job 34:22) 'There is no darkness or deep shadow where evildoers can hide.' And who is hidden? The one who engages in Torah, as it is said (Malachi 3:22) 'Remember the Torah of Moses, My servant.' And it is written, 'The Torah of the Lord is perfect.' And why is it 'restoring the soul'? The testimony of the Lord is faithful. And why does it make the simple wise? Because it is faithful."