[Avodah] Lifnei Iver/Kanaus

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 9/19/07, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
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> So, unless someone has the purity of soul of Pinechas, I would think
> qana'us is a non-option.
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> GCT!
> -mi
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> Micha Berger


I concur and May I ad a parallel?  How do we know Sha'ul sinned with
Amaleik?.
When Sha'ul had rachmanus on the sheep and the King couldn't het have been
excused as simply having the Middah of Avraham Avinu?

Anwser:  WHERE was this midah with Nov Ir Hakohanim?   [Yes ba'asher hu sham
etc., the 2nd incident had not happened.]   My point is that HKBH had
already realized that Sh'aul was insincere at the Amaleik incident.  Llater
on Scripture demonstrated to us the evidence at the Nov incident.

W/O HKBH's testimony in Scripture it would be hard to know what Pinchas's
motives were.  [OK so it COULD have been in TSBP!]   Micha is correct,
Kan'us requires pure intentions.

Another ra'ya.  Lechishasan lechishas Nachash,.  A Chacham - or Talmid
Chacham's bite is  poisonous just like a snake. R. Sh. Schwab Z"L explained
that this means he takes ZERO pleasure when he bites a wayward student just
as a snake has no hana'ah in biting.

OTOH if one takes pleasurein biting then his motives are impure, etc.


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