[Avodah] sinah

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 03:15:59AM +0000, saul newman wrote:
: why is this called 'chinam' ? when 2 individuals fight and the situation
: escalates, i can see that they have sinah for each other , but it is
: not chinam -- they can each justify the wrong done them, and the emotion
: then attaches...

Sin'as chinam has no purpose, whether or not it has a cause.

Also, as per the Tosafos I cited Thur 
<http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol31/v31n125.shtml#07>,
sin'ah that starts with a legitimate reason that grows because he
naturally hates the one who hates him, so I similarly hate him more
back, etc... is also prohibited sin'ah.

-Micha