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"For until righteousness returns, judgment will turn back, and after it all the upright in heart. They said to Samuel the small one, 'What is it?' And he replied, 'And after it all the upright in heart.' The reward of the righteous is behind them, while that of the wicked is placed before them, as it is said (Deuteronomy 7:10), 'And He pays those who hate Him.' Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai said, 'When a person commits a sin and the angels accuse him, saying, "Master of the Universe, (Psalms 144:5) "Bow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down…

Midrash Tehillim 94:2

‘LU’ (O) THAT ISHMAEL MIGHT LIVE BEFORE THEE. The meaning of this word lu everywhere is as the word im (if), and it is also found combined in the word lulei, which means “if not.” [The Hebrew word lulei, ordinarily written with a yud at the end] is sometimes written with an aleph at the end. It is also combined into the form of ilu, as in the verses: ‘Ve’ilu’ (But if) we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen; ‘Ve’ilu’ (And if) a thousand years twice told…

Ramban on Genesis 17:18:1

“Had the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, not been with me, then now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my hardship and the toil of my hands, and proved it last night” (Genesis 31:42).
“Had the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac not been [lulei]” – Zavdi ben Levi and Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi, Zavdi ben Levi said: Everywhere that lulei is stated, it came by the merit of the patriarchs. Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said to him: But is it not written: “For, had we not [lulei] tarried”? (Genesis 43:10)…

Bereshit Rabbah 74:12

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