The best of doctors to Gehenna/ Even the best of doctors deserves Hell (for sometimes causing death to his patients)

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The best of doctors to Gehenna/ Even the best of doctors deserves Hell (for sometimes causing death to his patients)

Even the very best doctor will end up in Gehenna. A proverb meant to emphasize the great responsibility resting on a doctor’s shoulders, since human lives depend on them. A professional mistake by a doctor may cause a person’s death, and therefore the doctor must be held accountable and, for that reason, go to Gehenna. Sometimes the proverb is understood as a curse aimed at poor doctors.

("The blacksmiths—most are wicked; the camel drivers—most are kosher; the sailors—most are pious. The best of doctors to Gehenna, and the most kosher of butchers is Amalek’s partner"—Kiddushin 4:13-14, and likewise: "The best of doctors to Gehenna," he was taken out of his category, Fredkin... he knows that for every doctor, no matter how righteous he may be, there is a small cemetery in his yard"—Chaim Be’er / Notsot, 150)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טוֹב שֶׁבָּרוֹפְאִים לְגֵּיהִנֹּם

Definition (Hebrew)

אֲפִילּוּ הָרוֹפֵא הַטּוֹב בְּיוֹתֵר יַגִּיעַ לְגֵהִינּוֹם. פִּתְגָּם הַבָּא לְהַדְגִּישׁ אֶת הָאַחְרָיוּת הָרַבָּה הָרוֹבֶצֶת עַל כְּתֵפִי הָרוֹפֵא בְּכָךְ שֶׁחַיֵּי אָדָם תְּלוּיִים בּוֹ. עֵקֶב טָעוּת מִקְצוֹעִית שֶׁל רוֹפֵא עֲלוּלָה לִגְרֹם לְמוֹתוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם וְלָכֵן עַל הָרוֹפֵא לְהֵעָנֵשׁ וְלָלֶכֶת בְּשֶׁל כָּךְ לְגֵהִנּוֹם. לְעִתִּים נִתְפַּס הַפִּתְגָּם כִּקְלָלָה הַמְּכֻוֶּנֶת כְּנֶגֶד רוֹפְאִים גְּרוּעִים.

("הַחֲמָרִין- רֻבָּן רְשָׁעִים, וְהַגְּמָלִין- רֻבָּן כְּשֵׁרִים, הַסַּפָּנִין- רֻבָּן חֲסִידִים. טוֹב שֶׁבְּרוֹפְאִים לְגֵיהִנֹּם, וְהַכָּשֵׁר שֶׁבַּטַּבָּחִים שֻׁתָּפוֹ שֶׁל עֲמָלֵק"- קִדּוּשִׁין ד יג-יָד, וְכֵן:"הַטּוֹב שֶׁבָּרוֹפְאִים לְגֵהִנּוֹם", יָצָא מִגִּדְרוֹ פְרֶדְקִין...הוּא יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁלְּכָל רוֹפֵא, וִיהֵא צַדִּיק כְּכָל שֶׁיִּהְיֶה,יֵשׁ בֵּית קְבָרוֹת קָטָן בַּחֲצַר בֵּיתוֹ"- חַיִּים בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 150)

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