in this world and the next
An expression referring to reward, punishment, or meaning that extends both in this world (the present life) and the next world (the afterlife), often in a religious or moral context.
("Your reward is very great – in this world and the next; this is great in this world and very much in the next world" – Radak on Genesis 15:1, and also: "With pleasant words and in his delightful sermons he informed them what the Lord requires of them and what a person shall do to live in this world and the next" – Agnon, A Shroud of Stories, p. 104, and also: "A commandment is great in its time, for it saves a person from calamities in this world and the next. May the Lord bless us to always fulfill all His commandments" – Mordechai ben Yehezkel, Book of Stories, Part Four, Luvia, p. 72)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בָּזֶה וּבַבָּא
Definition (Hebrew)
בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וּבָעוֹלָם הַבָּא
("שְׂכָרְךָ הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד – בָּזֶה וּבַבָּא, זֶהוּ הַרְבֵּה בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וּמְאֹד לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא"– רָדָ"ק בְּרֵאשִׁית טוּ א, וְכֵן: "בְּאִמְרֵי נֹעַם וּבְדְרָשׁוֹתָיו הַנְּעִימוֹת הוֹדִיעָם מַה ה' דּוֹרֵשׁ מֵהֶם וּמַה יַעֲשֶׂה הָאָדָם וְחַי בָּזֶה וּבַבָּא"– עַגְנוֹן/ תַּכְרִיךְ שֶׁל סִפּוּרִים, 104, וְכֵן: "גְּדוֹלָה מִצְוָה בִּשְׁעָתָהּ, שֶׁהִיא מַצִּילָה אֶת הָאָדָם מִן הַפּוּרְעָנֻיּוֹת בָּזֶה וּבַבָּא. וַה' יִתְבָּרֵךְ יַזְכֵּנוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת תָּמִיד אֶת כָּל מִצְווֹתָיו"– מָרְדְּכַי בֶּן יְחֶזְקֵאל/ סֵפֶר הַמַּעֲשִׂיּוֹת חֵלֶק רְבִיעִי, לְוָיָה, 72)