[Avodah] Ethics Outside Halacha

[Meir Rabi]

Perhaps it could be said that everything that is good is to be found
approved within the Halacha and all evil is condemned by the Torah.

Ramban's Naval Bershus haTorah, that one can keep all the mitzvot and still
be evil, does not imply there is a definition of evil not formally stated in
SA.
Firstly, is Naval the same as Evil? Perhaps it only means not nice,
unpleasant, perhaps even ugly.
We are certainly bound to repent for bad Midos as per RMBM Hilchos Teshuvah.
Does that not make midos part of Halacha? Such a Naval is certain to face BD
Shel MaAlah. Bershus HaTorah perhaps means using a v narrow view but
ignoring more subtle aspects of Halacha.

Is not HaKoras HaTov part of the Mitzvah of honouring a teacher more than a
parent since the teacher brings one to OHaba?

Such lessons are embodied in various Mitzvos such as a lesser penalty for
the Ganev of a sheep since the Ganev already bore the humiliation of
carrying the sheep.

Similarly, the message that if punishment comes to this world it is due to
the evil people but the righteous get it first since they did not act to
prevent the evildoers and help them.

Legislation is difficult to define but not difficult to outline. It should
still be Halacha.
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