Succah 52b § 1
Sin Now, Bear Testimony Later
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The evil inclination incites a person to sin in this world,
and then testifies against him in the next world,
He that delicately brings up his
servant from a child shall have him
become a master [manon] at the last
Initially, in one’s youth, the evil inclination, which should have
been enslaved to him, takes control of him and causes him to sin.
Then, ultimately, that same evil inclination becomes his manon.
Manon means witness, as in the coded alphabet in which alef and
tet and beit and chet, etc., are interchanged.
Witness [sahada] is called manon. The letters mem and samekh,
nun and heh, and vav and dalet are interchanged with other letters.
and then testifies against him in the next world,
He that delicately brings up his
servant from a child shall have him
become a master [manon] at the last
Initially, in one’s youth, the evil inclination, which should have
been enslaved to him, takes control of him and causes him to sin.
Then, ultimately, that same evil inclination becomes his manon.
Manon means witness, as in the coded alphabet in which alef and
tet and beit and chet, etc., are interchanged.
Witness [sahada] is called manon. The letters mem and samekh,
nun and heh, and vav and dalet are interchanged with other letters.