The Sabbath In The World To Come

Midrash Tehillim 73:4

Rabbi Simon said in the name of Rabbi Shimon the Pious: In this world a person goes to gather figs on the Sabbath, and the fig says nothing. But in the time to come, if a person goes to gather a fig on the Sabbath, it cries out and says: It is the Sabbath today. In this world a person goes to lie with his wife while she is menstruating, and there is none to restrain him. But in the time to come, if he wishes to do so, the stone cries out and says from its place: She is menstruating, as it is said: "For a stone shall cry out from the wall" (Habakkuk 2:11).

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