One cannot compare the significance conflicting values-so that each requires walk through water to visit his student-such is the importance. PARAGRAPHNo limb in the body operates independently.
Therefore, the clauses must be referring to two different kinds of affliction. The Gemara continues its discussion of the river that will in the future come out of the Holy of Holies. One may not raise the hems of his cloak to his shoulders to keep them dry, since this form of carrying renders one liable to bring a sin-offering. Gabriel asked: Is this the reward they deserve, to pay more taxes? He said to him: I will burn them and the good among them because the good do not rebuke the wicked.
