Sunday, September 10, 2017

Why 50-50??

לזכות יצחק אליקים בן חוה בת שבע לבריאות השלימה

The gemara [Kiddushin 40b] says that if a Tzadik rebelled at the end of his life - he loses all of his mitzvos. Asks the gemara - Why does he lose them ALL?/ Let him be 50-50? Half mitzvos-half aveiros [and the gemara answers that we are talking about someone who regretted his mitzvos and thus loses them]. 

What is the gemara's math? Why would a rebellious person be 50-50? How does someone magically become half meritorious-half sinful by rebelling? 

WHAT IS PSHAT IN THE GEMARA'S KASHYA???