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Our daf tells us who is excluded from experiencing the World-to-Come. The basic proof text is Numbers (15:31), where it is written that "They despised the word of the Lord and has breached His commandments; his soul shall be excised ..." These people include:
· One who is not circumcised
· One who teaches parts of the Torah that are not in accordance with halacha
· One who humiliates another in public
· One who studies Torah but does not teach Torah
· One who could study Torah but does not do so
· One who worships idols
· One who speaks of G-d or Moses on Sinai with contempt
· One who treats a Torah scholar with contempt
· One who teaches their own interpretations of Torah rather than teaching halacha
We explore those who deny the divinity of Torah as well as the notion of heresy.