טוֹב שֶׁבָּרוֹפְאִים לְגֵּיהִנֹּם

ביטוי (אנגלית)

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

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)