tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post3108077846933217423..comments2024-03-28T21:21:02.777-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: Meishiv ra'ah tachas tovahChaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-76265405272805207002021-04-23T14:57:22.647-04:002021-04-23T14:57:22.647-04:00The Netziv you quote, on another wonderful Torah s...The Netziv you quote, on another wonderful Torah site, Alhatorah.org:<br />https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Vayikra/19.18#e0n6<br />I do say that the passuk he brings from Mishlei, <br />אם רעב שנאך האכילהו לחם כי גחלים אתה חותה על ראשו וה׳ ישלם לך<br />seems awfully passive aggressive, no? Which is how the Metzudos learns it - every crumb he has to accept is going to burn his kishkes, and although you're enjoying his shame, it is still counted as tzedakah, like משכנתא בנכייתא. But most meforshim there understand it as just meaning that your enemy will regret his hatred and come to love you.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-4611283875851639392021-04-22T16:27:18.087-04:002021-04-22T16:27:18.087-04:00-- "that individual was not available"
...-- "that individual was not available"<br /><br />had a baal k'nafayim (Koheles 10:20) told the "gvir" about the "insults" all too readily available to the tongue of our sorry "young guy"?<br /><br /><br />-- "a person needs to do more"<br /><br />...v'ahavta l'rei'acha kamocha<br /><br /><br />-- "it's great midos"<br /><br />it's certain such "kindness" is no knee-jerk reaction, but could the coals scooped into "the train"'s firebox yesterday, be scooped onto the "young man's" head today (Mishlei 25:22)? ki-hu yodei'a ta'alumos lev (Teh. 44:22)-- Hashem spots even the slightest dynamic of the unconscious mind... alonzo maccabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381573124258826451noreply@blogger.com