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Sefer HaChinuch 242 ספר החינוך רמ״ב
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שֶׁלֹּא לִנְטֹר – שֶׁלֹּא לִנְטֹר, כְּלוֹמַר שֶׁנִּמְנַעְנוּ מִלִּנְטֹר בִּלְבָבֵנוּ מָה שֶׁהֵרַע לָנוּ אֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנַּסְכִּים בְּנַפְשׁוֹתֵינוּ שֶׁלֹּא לְשַׁלֵּם לוֹ גְּמוּל עַל מַעֲשָׂיו, אֲפִלּוּ בִּזְכִירַת חֶטְאוֹ בַּלֵּב לְבַד נִמְנַעְנוּ, וְעַל זֶה נֶאֱמַר (ויקרא יט יח) לֹא תִטֹּר. וּלְשׁוֹן סִפְרָא (קדושים ד יא) עַד הֵיכָן כֹּחָהּ שֶׁל נְטִירָה? אָמַר לוֹ הַשְׁאִילֵנִי מַגָּלְךָ וְלֹא הִשְׁאִילוֹ, לְמָחָר אָמַר לוֹ הַשְׁאִילֵנִי קַרְדֻּמְּךָ, אָמַר לוֹ הֵילָךְ, וְאֵינִי כְּמוֹתְךָ שֶׁלֹּא הִשְׁאַלְתַּנִי מַגָּלְךָ, לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר וְלֹא תִטֹּר.
To not begrudge: To not begrudge, meaning to say that we have been prevented from bearing a grudge in our hearts [about] an Israelite having done evil to us. And even though we have consented in our souls not to pay him back for his deeds, we have even been prevented from just remembering his sin in the heart. And about this is it stated, (Leviticus 19:18), “you shall not begrudge.” And the language of Sifra, Kedoshim, Chapter 4:11 is “How far is the power of begrudging? If [one] said to [another], ‘Lend me your sickle,’ and he did not lend him. The next day, the [other] said to him, ‘Lend me your spade.’ [So] he said [back] to him, ‘Here it is; I am not like you, who did not lend me your sickle.’ Hence, it is written, ‘you shall not begrudge.’”
To not begrudge: To not begrudge, meaning to say that we have been prevented from bearing a grudge in our hearts [about] an Israelite having done evil to us. And even though we have consented in our souls not to pay him back for his deeds, we have even been prevented from just remembering his sin in the heart. And about this is it stated, (Leviticus 19:18), “you shall not begrudge.” And the language of Sifra, Kedoshim, Chapter 4:11 is “How far is the power of begrudging? If [one] said to [another], ‘Lend me your sickle,’ and he did not lend him. The next day, the [other] said to him, ‘Lend me your spade.’ [So] he said [back] to him, ‘Here it is; I am not like you, who did not lend me your sickle.’ Hence, it is written, ‘you shall not begrudge.’”
כָּל עִנְיַן מִצְוָה זוֹ כְּמִצְוַת הַנְּקִימָה הַקּוֹדֶמֶת.
All of the content of this commandment is like the commandment of vengeance that preceded [it].
All of the content of this commandment is like the commandment of vengeance that preceded [it].
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