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<DIV>You're right, I mixed up two stories. But anyway the point is, a
rasha can do teshuva. He may still have to die in order for his teshuva to
be complete.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 9/19/2012 11:29:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
simon.montagu@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>You're
thinking of the story of how R Elazar ben Dordai was kone olamo<BR>besha'a
achat in AZ 17, but I think the bat kol has crept into your<BR>memory from
elsewhere: R Elisha ben Abuya claimed to R Meir that he<BR>heard a bat kol
saying "Shuvu banim shovevim, hutz me-acher", and IIRC<BR>it's a mahloket
whether he actually heard it, or whether this was his<BR>greatest
heresy.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>