It is possible for the world to endure through others

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It is possible for the world to endure through others

It is possible for the world to endure through others

The world can continue even without me or without my personal contribution in this matter.

("Rabbi Eliezer says: Whoever does not engage in procreation is as if he sheds blood... Ben Azzai says: As if he sheds blood and diminishes the image... They said to Ben Azzai: There are those who preach well and fulfill well, fulfill well but do not preach well, and you preach well but do not fulfill! Ben Azzai said to them: What can I do, for my soul desires Torah; it is possible for the world to endure through others."—Yevamot 63b. Likewise: "To fulfill the testament of Rabbi Yehuda the Chasid not to raise chicks at all, because he cannot guard them so they will not suffer... and it is possible for the world to endure..."—Pele Yoetz, Letter B, Animals)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֶפְשָׁר לָעוֹלָם שֶׁיִּתְקַיֵּם עַל יְדֵי אֲחֵרִים

Definition (Hebrew)

הָעוֹלָם יָכוֹל לְהִתְקַיֵּם גַּם בִּלְעָדַי אוֹ לְלֹא הַתְּרוּמָה שֶׁלִּי בָּעִנְיָן.

("רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: כָּל מִי שֶׁאֵין עוֹסֵק בִּפְרִיָּה וּרְבִיָּה-כְּאִלּוּ שׁוֹפֵךְ דָּמִים...בֶּן עַזַּאי אוֹמֵר: כְּאִלּוּ שׁוֹפֵךְ דָּמִים וּמְמַעֵט הַדְּמוּת...אָמְרוּ לוֹ לְבֶן עַזַּאי: יֵשׁ נָאֶה דּוֹרֵשׁ וְנָאֶה מְקַיֵּם, נָאֶה מְקַיֵּם וְאֵין נָאֶה דּוֹרֵשׁ, וְאַתָּה נָאֶה דּוֹרֵשׁ וְאֵין נָאֶה מְקַיֵּם! אָמַר לָהֶן בֶּן עַזַּאי: וּמָה אֶעֱשֶׂה,שֶׁנַּפְשִׁי חָשְׁקָה בַּתּוֹרָה, אֶפְשָׁר לָעוֹלָם שֶׁיִּתְקַיֵּם עַל יְדֵי אֲחֵרִים"- יְבָמוֹת סג ע"ב, וְכֵן:"לְקַיֵּם צַוָּאַת רַבִּי יְהוּדָה הֶחָסִיד שֶׁלֹּא לְגַדֵּל אֶפְרוֹחִים כְּלָל כִּי לֹא יוּכַל לַעֲמֹד עַל הַמִּשְׁמָר שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיֶה לָהֶם צַעַר...וְאֶפְשָׁר לְעוֹלָם שֶׁיִּתְקַיֵּם..."-פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ/ אוֹת ב', בַּעֲלֵי חַיִּים)

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