Sanhedrin 113b — the Talmud in English

Rabbi Yosei expounded in Tzippori: “Abba Elijah, [

Elijah, my beloved and great one]

is irascible.

For he became angry with Ahab and said: “As the Lord lives, if there will be these years dew and rain.”

Elijah was accustomed

to come

to him [

to come to him, to Rabbi Yosei’s beit-midrash, every day].

After Rabbi Yosei expounded in this manner,

he concealed himself from him for three days [

Elijah concealed himself from him for three days]—

and he did not come [

and did not come to him].

When he came [

when Elijah finally came, after three days],

Rabbi Yosei said to him:

Rabbi Yosei:

Why did my master not come [

why did you not come until now]?

He said to him: You called me irascible [

because you called me irascible]!

He said to him: Here is before us [

here is proof before us]

that my master is angered [

that you are irascible], for you were angered by my saying this thing about you, and you did not come to me for three days!

“And nothing whatsoever from the proscribed thing shall cling to your hand.”

For

as long as wicked people are in the world, wrath is in the world, etc.

Who are the wicked people?

Rav Yosef said: Thieves.

Those who steal from the proscribed property .

The Sages taught: When a wicked person comes into the world —

wrath comes into the world. As it is stated: “When a wicked person comes, contempt also comes, and with

disgrace, reproach” .

A wicked person is destroyed from the world—a benefit comes into the world. As it is stated: “And when the wicked perish, there is song.”

A righteous person departs from the world—evil comes into the world. As it is stated: “The righteous has perished, and no one takes it to heart, and men of kindness are gathered, with no one understanding, for because of the evil the righteous is gathered.” “Because of the evil”—before the evil comes—“the righteous is gathered.” It follows that after he dies, the evil comes.

A righteous person comes into the world—

a benefit comes into the world,

and the evil ceases.

As it is stated

when Noah was born:

“This one will comfort us from our work and from the toil of our hands” .

We shall return to you, chapter “All Israel Have a Share,” and the tractate Sanhedrin is concluded