Sin’as Chinam
Sin’as Chinam does not mean “baseless hatred”.It means “pointless hatred”. To explain: My point is about holding grudges, even if the hatred initially had cause, perhaps even started out with a halachically appropriate one....
by Micha Berger · Published July 29, 2020 – ח׳ באב תש״פ · Last modified July 29, 2020
Sin’as Chinam does not mean “baseless hatred”.It means “pointless hatred”. To explain: My point is about holding grudges, even if the hatred initially had cause, perhaps even started out with a halachically appropriate one....
by Micha Berger · Published January 10, 2016 – כ״ט בטבת תשע״ו · Last modified January 10, 2016
“And Aharon stretched out his hand over the water of Egypt, and the frog came up and covered the land of Egypt…. And Pare’oh called to Moshe and to Aharon and said, ‘Plea to...
R’ Yaakov Haber put this up at his blog, and I think it SO warrants further distribution, I’m mentioning it here. To quote: … [E]veryday there were posters about how, in the opinion of...
by Micha Berger · Published March 13, 2010 – כ״ז באדר תש״ע · Last modified March 13, 2010
I found the following on a web site called “Two Tzaddiks: The Teachings of Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz and His Disciple, Rebbe Raphael of Bershad”: “In his teachings, R. Pinchas preached universal love, even...
by Micha Berger · Published August 8, 2008 – ז׳ באב תשס״ח · Last modified August 8, 2008
Do not hate your brother in your heart; לֹֽא־תִשְׂנָ֥א אֶת־אָחִ֖יךָ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ; you should surely rebuke your neighbor, הוֹכֵ֤חַ תּוֹכִ֨יחַ֙ אֶת־עֲמִיתֶ֔ךָ and do not carry a sin because of him. וְלֹֽא־תִשָּׂ֥א עָלָ֖יו חֵֽטְא׃ – Vayiqra...
by Micha Berger · Published October 26, 2007 – י״ד במרחשוון תשס״ח · Last modified October 26, 2007
A friend of mine wrote this morning about his three experiences with cancer in his immediate family. He was equipped to handle his wife’s bout, abut by the time he had to deal with...
by Micha Berger · Published October 23, 2007 – י״א במרחשוון תשס״ח · Last modified October 23, 2007
(I invite people to visit my analysis of the Orchos Tzadiqim’s psychological model. Among the points I discuss is the relationship between dei’os and middos. In painful brevity: a dei’ah is a feature of...
by Micha Berger · Published January 16, 2006 – ט״ז בטבת תשס״ו · Last modified January 16, 2006
Whoever is “ma’avir al midosav”, ma’avirin lo, they pass over his sins for him. As it says, ‘… forgiving iniquity and remitting transgression’ (Mikha 7:18). To whom does He forgive iniquity? To the one...
by Micha Berger · Published September 8, 2005 – ד׳ באלול תשס״ה · Last modified September 8, 2005
Picture being in a box. A large box, plenty of room to walk around, but very much with a “boxy” feel. There is a pervasive smell of tar; the box itself is wood sealed...
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