[Avodah] Hating a Meisis to Kefirah, Should be - Hating any Jew

[Daniel Israel]

Meir Rabi wrote:
> I don't really follow the discussion.
> There is a prohibition to hate a fellow Jew IN ONES HEART. That means
> secretly. There is no prohibition transgressed if one discloses that hatred.

First, AFAIK, this is a machlokes Rambam and Ramban; I don't know how we 
posken.  Second, there are still other mitzvos which one violates by 
hating improperly (v'ahavta l'reiecha kamocha, for example).  So, 
without taking a position (in this post) regarding when it is proper to 
hate, one cannot avoid the problem of a safek case by only hating in the 
heart.

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Daniel M. Israel
dmi1 at cornell.edu