[Avodah] Binfol oyivkha al tismach?

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 12:25:27PM -0500, Lisa Liel wrote:
> I have to confess, I don't even see how anyone can possibly imagine that 
> the Torah doesn't want us to rejoice in the death of such a foul  
> national enemy.  There's nothing to support such a view.

Except the medrash, rishonim and numerous acharonim who say that
half-Hallel on the 7th day of Pesach is because of the death of
the Mitzriim after all. And the Meshekh Chokhmah on the timing
of Purim and Chanukah -- being the day AFTER the war ended. See
<http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2007/07/compassion-for-our-enemies.shtml>
for all the sources previous conversations here brought up. (And since
you were in a few of them, I'm dismayed to see you write "nothing to
support such a view".)

Also, while we read it "oyivkha", there must be /some/ value to the
kesiv being "oyvekha". (Which is where my earlier error came from --
bringing up a web page without niqud.)

In any case, that was not the view being argued in the post to which
you replied. While the aforementioned sources could be used in support
of the "don't rejoice" perspective, it doesn't have to. The conclusion
of the article I cited was that we rejoice over the death of evil while
simultaneously being saddened by the death of a tzelem E-lokim. Quoting
his closing paragraph again:
    We are not angels. An angel, when it sings, is filled with nothing
    but song. An angel, when it cries, is drowned in its own tears. We
    are human beings. We can sing joyfully and mourn both at once. We
    can hate the evil of a person, while appreciating that he is still
    the work of G-d's hands. In this way, the human being, not the angel,
    is the perfect vessel for the wisdom of Torah.
In my blog entry I also invoke the need for ambivalence, rather than a
total lack of joy.

Gut Voch!
-Micha

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