A man walking along a river,
he saw a skull floating on the surface.
Said he to it:
Because you drowned others, you were drowned;
and those who drowned you, will themselves be drowned.
(Ethics of the fathers 2:6)
The man was Hillel author of,
"What is hateful to you do not do unto your friend."
(according to tradition, Hillel and Moses shared the same soul)
Maimonides comments,
There are consequences to our actions-consequences that reflect those actions.
If you commit murder and drown others in a river to hide your crime,
you will recieve your punishment in the form of your crime.
If you invent an unjust thing to benefit yourself at the exspense of others, that unjust thing will ultimately be used
against you.
On the positive side,
if you introduce something that benefits others,
that thing will ultimately come to benefit you as well.
Further more,
from the Rebbe M. M. Schneerson of blessed memory,
came to the conclusion that the time had come for the soul of Pharaoh to find peace.
And by using Pharaoh,s soul as an example with which to teach a meaningful message,
Hillel uplifted Pharaoh,s soul, and granted it the ability to find peace.
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