וחכמים קראו לה בדרך משל לטובה זו המזומנת לצדיקים סעודה. א"א ואם זו היא הסעודה אין כאן כוס של ברכה. וטובה היתה לו השתיקה: And the sages, figuratively, named etc. If this be the Banquet, no Cup of Benediction can be herein. Silence would have been best for him.* The RABD refers to Pesahim. 119b, and to Psalms, 116. 13. The entire conception of the RABD is contradictory to the opinion of Rab (Berakot, 17a), even though it is established that he erred in placing the World to Come instead of resurrection. The accepted doctorine, according to all commentaries on Maimonides is this: The dead will be resurrected. Life will then go on for a time. Then life as we know it will cease completely, when the era of the World to Come will be inaugurated. In all there are four distinct eras: (1) this world, as at present; (2) Messianic era; (3) era of Resurrection; (4) era of the World to Come. C. G.