Can some share the quote where this came from: "the righteous will bathe in 13 rivers of aparsemon"? I've seen it paraphrased online a lot but I can't find it in the reference listed (Avodah Zarah 3:1).
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1sefaria.org/Taanit.25a.14– shmoselCommented Oct 9 at 3:47
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1sefaria.org/Sulam_on_Zohar%2C_Introduction.109.4– shmoselCommented Oct 9 at 3:55
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It's aparsemon (אֲפַרְסְמוֹן) - pure balsam, persimmon is a fruit also known as lotus.– Y DJCommented Oct 9 at 5:03
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@shmosel that's a good answer to have the question closed!– Y DJCommented Oct 9 at 5:04
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And the concept is also referenced in the Akdamus poem on Shavuos ... for anyone awake then and able to understand what it's saying ...– ShalomCommented Oct 9 at 11:10
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