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At the beginning of Perek Chelek in Masechet Sanhedrin, the text specifies that "All Israel has a share in the world to come." But when the exceptions are presented, Bilam is included and he isn't ...
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At the beginning of Perek Chelek in Masechet Sanhedrin, the text specifies that "All Israel has a share in the world to come." But when the exceptions are presented, Bilam is included and he isn't from israel, so I would have no hava amina that he would merit the next world.- If the focus is on Jews, as per the first line fo the mishna, why move suddenly into non-Jew who weren't included in the original pronouncement?
- At the beginning of [Perek Chelek in Masechet Sanhedrin](https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.90a.15?lang=bi), the text specifies that "All Israel has a share in the world to come." But when the exceptions are presented, Bilam is included and he isn't from israel, so I would have no hava amina that he would merit the next world.
- If the focus is on Jews, as per the first line fo the mishna, why move suddenly into non-Jew who weren't included in the original pronouncement?
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Why move from discussing Jews to non-Jews
At the beginning of Perek Chelek in Masechet Sanhedrin, the text specifies that "All Israel has a share in the world to come." But when the exceptions are presented, Bilam is included and he isn't from israel, so I would have no hava amina that he would merit the next world. If the focus is on Jews, as per the first line fo the mishna, why move suddenly into non-Jew who weren't included in the original pronouncement?