English: R’ Yehoshua ben Levi said: It does not say “against the peoples” but “in the eyes of the peoples” — this teaches that all the mitzvos that Israel performs in this world come and strike the idolaters in the face in the World to Come.
On the daf / in context: The change of preposition is read as a future confrontation: the visible performance of mitzvos becomes evidence against the nations.
Type of Learning
Diyuk of the preposition “le’einei” (versus a possible “neged”).
What Is Learned
Israel’s observance of the mitzvos is not only wisdom in the present; it will stand as a visible rebuke to the nations in the World to Come.