Limited Time in Hell
The judgment of the wicked in Gehenna lasts for twelve months, as it is said: It shall be month after month [and week after week that all flesh shall come to bow down before the Lord] (Isaiah 66:23). R. Yoḥanan b. Nuri says: It lasts from Passover to Shavuot, as it is said: week after week (ibid.).
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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