[Avodah] spitting / sinat chinam

Ben Waxman ben1456 at zahav.net.il
Tue Dec 27 19:21:50 PST 2011


So going by the second definition, what would an example of sina which 
is not chinam?

Ben

On 12/27/2011 6:16 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
> Our discussion of whether sin'as chinam means the hatred is basisless
> or whether it means pointless seems relevant. It is only in the latter
> case that your question begins, and then it hinges on the metzi'us --
> what purpose does it serve?
>
> Does it prevent me from emulating their tactics? I think that
> historically, hatred of an opponent justifies more emulation of their
> wronging you, not less.
>




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