R. Jose b. Elisha said: If you see
a generation overwhelmed by many troubles, go forth and examine the judges of
Israel, for all retribution that comes to the world comes only on account of
the Judges of Israel.
Perversion of justice, the buying off of litigants and
witnesses, does deeply corrupt. But there is hope:
'Ulla said: Jerusalem shall be
redeemed only by righteousness, as it is written, Zion shall be redeemed
with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.(Isa. 1:27)
And it affects even those outside the land –even those who
are under the oppression of the Persian Magi (as the Jewish community of
Babylonia was):
R. Papa said: When the haughty
cease to exist [in Israel], the magi shall cease [among the Persians]. . . as
it is written, And I will surely purge away thy haughty ones.
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