And Rabbah bar bar Hanah said: One time we were going through the wilderness, and we saw those geese whose feathers were falling off from their fatness, and rivers of fat flowed beneath them. I said to them, "Shall we have a portion of you in the World to Come?" One raised a wing for me, and one raised a thigh. When I came before Rabbi Elazar, he said to me, "Israel are destined to be called to account on their behalf."
Fat Geese For The World To Come
Bava Batra 73b
וְאָמַר רַבָּה בַּר בַּר חָנָה: זִימְנָא חֲדָא הֲוָה קָא אָזְלִינַן בְּמַדְבְּרָא, וַחֲזֵינַן הָנְהוּ אֲווֹזֵי דְּשָׁמְטִי גַּדְפַיְיהוּ מִשֻּׁמְנַיְיהוּ, וְקָא נָגְדִי נַחֲלֵי דְמִשְׁחָא מִתּוּתַיְיהוּ. אָמֵינָא לְהוּ: אִית לַן בְּגַוַּיְיכוּ חֻלָקָא לְעָלְמָא דְאָתֵי? חֲדָא דְּלִי גַּדְפָּא, וַחֲדָא דְּלִי אַטְמָא. כִּי אֲתַאי לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, אָמַר לִי: עֲתִידִין יִשְׂרָאֵל לִיתֵּן עֲלֵיהֶן אֶת הַדִּין.
Themes
Original Sources
- B . Bava Batra 73b.