Si quelqu'un apporte du mérite au plus grand nombre, le péché ne vient pas de sa main, [de sorte qu'il ne soit pas dans Gehinnom et ses disciples dans Gan Eden]; et si l'on fait pécher le plus grand nombre, on ne lui donne pas l'occasion de se repentir, [afin qu'il ne soit pas dans Gan Eden et ses disciples dans Gehinnom.] Moïse était méritoire et a apporté le mérite à la multitude [(Il a enseigné la Torah à tous d'Israël)]— le mérite du plus grand nombre lui est attribué, comme il est écrit (Deutéronome 33:21): "Il a fait la justice du Seigneur et [il a fait] Ses jugements avec Israël" [c.-à-d., "Ses jugements qui sont avec Israël " — c'est comme s'il (Moïse) les a fait.] Yeravam a péché et il a fait pécher la multitude —le péché du plus grand nombre lui est attribué, comme il est écrit (I Rois 15:30): "Pour les péchés de Yeravam, qu'il a commis et qu'il a fait commettre à Israël." [Ce n'est pas écrit "pour les péchés de Yaravam et d'Israël" implique que tout est attribué à Yeravam.]
Duties of the Heart
Likewise, my brother, if one rectifies only himself, he will have a small merit. But if one rectifies himself and many other people, he will have his merit multiplied according to the merits of all the people who he rectified to G-d, as our sages said: "Whoever brings merit to the masses will not come to any sin" (Avot 5:18), and they said: "Moshe was righteous and caused the multitude to become righteous, the merit of the multitudes is attributed to him, as written 'he performed the righteousness of G-d and His judgments with Israel", and the wise man said: "But to them that rebuke shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them" (Mishlei 24:25), and "The law of truth was in his mouth - and turned many away from iniquity" (Malachi 2:6), and "those who bring merit to the multitudes will be like the stars forever and ever" (Daniel 12:3).
11. One for who repentance will be extremely hard for him: he who enticed people with a false religion that he invented and influenced them to believe in it. He sinned and caused others to sin, the more people join his false beliefs, the more his sin will increase and be multiplied over, as the sages said: "Whoever leads the masses in the right path will not come to any sin, but whoever leads the masses astray will not be able to repent for all the wrong he commits.. Yeravam ben Nevat, sinned and caused the multitude to sin, and so the sin of the masses is ascribed to him as it is written (I Kings 15:30) 'Because of the sins of Yeravam that he committed and that he caused Israel to commit.' " (Avos 5:18)