May I not live to see the Redemption if not...(oath) (spoken the truth)

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May I not live to see the Redemption if not...(oath) (spoken the truth)

May I not live to see the Redemption if not...(oath) (spoken the truth)

In elevated style: an oath formula, I swear that...

("It was taught: Rabbi Shimon ben Shetach said: May I not live to see the Redemption if I did not see a man running after his friend toward a ruin, and I ran after him, and I saw a sword in his hand and his blood dripping and a dying man writhing, and I said to him: Wicked one, who killed this man? Either I or you. But what can I do, since your blood is not given into my hand, for the Torah said (Deuteronomy 17): 'By the testimony of two witnesses shall the one to die be put to death.' He who knows thoughts will exact punishment from the one who killed his friend. They said: They did not leave there until a snake came and bit him, and he died." - Sanhedrin 37b. Also: "Rabbi Nissim, of blessed memory, who traveled for many years in all the lands, used to say: May I not live to see the Redemption if I did not see him when he sailed on the great sea." - Agnon, 'These and Those', Agunot, 337)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֶרְאֶה בְּנֶחָמָה אִם לֹא...

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: לְשׁוֹן שְׁבוּעָה, אֲנִי נִשְׁבָּע ש...

("תַּנְיָא: אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן שָׁטַח: אֶרְאֶה בְּנֶחָמָה אִם לֹא רָאִיתִי אֶחָד שֶׁרָץ אַחַר חֲבֵרוֹ לְחֻרְבָּה, וְרַצְתִּי אַחֲרָיו, וְרָאִיתִי סַיִף בְּיָדוֹ וְדָמוֹ מְטַפְטֵף וְהָרוּג מְפַרְפֵּר, וְאָמַרְתִּי לוֹ: רָשָׁע, מִי הָרְגוּ לָזֶה? אוֹ אֲנִי אוֹ אַתָּה. אֲבָל מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה שֶׁאֵין דָּמְךָ מָסוּר בְּיָדִי, שֶׁהֲרֵי אָמְרָה תּוֹרָה (דְּבָרִים יז): עַל פִּי שְׁנַיִם עֵדִים יוּמַת הַמֵּת, הַיּוֹדֵעַ מַחְשָׁבוֹת יִפָּרַע מֵאוֹתוֹ הָאִישׁ שֶׁהָרַג אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ. אָמְרוּ: לֹא זָזוּ מִשָּׁם עַד שֶׁבָּא נָחָשׁ וְהִכִּישׁוֹ, וּמֵת"- סַנְהֶדְרִין לז ע"ב, וְכֵן:"ר' נִסִּים זִכְרוֹנוֹ לִבְרָכָה שֶׁסָּבַב כַּמָּה שָׁנִים בְּכָל הָאֲרָצוֹת שֶׁהָיָה אוֹמֵר אֶרְאֶה בְּנֶחָמָה אִם לֹא רָאִיתִי אוֹתוֹ כְּשֶׁהוּא מַפְלִיג בַּיָּם הַגָּדוֹל"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, עֲגוּנוֹת, 337)

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