[Avodah] N'kom L'aynaynu

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 09:06:39PM +0300, Lisa Liel wrote:
:> It does appear that a wise person doesn't think anything is worth
:> neqamah.

: WADR, I don't see how that Rambam is relevant at all to n'kom
: l'eineinu.  Rambam raui lo *l'adam*.  That it's good midot for an
: individual to let things go...

Ma'vir al midosav -- "letting things go" means not needing Hashem to
enact revenge on my behalf either, no?

: it's assur not to.  But we're talking about the tzibbur.  And when
: our tzibbur is oppressed, that calls for vengeance.  Public
: vengeance.  Because it's a chillul Hashem for His people to be
: oppressed, so it requires a public vengeance to repair it.

As I put it it: no revenge qua revenge, but to show the world yeish din,
veyeish Dayan. And thus... "neqom *le'eineinu*".

There's isn't a similar notion of an iqur emunah that "yeish Noqeim".
And as the Rambam said, wanting neqamah may be permissible, but it's
petty and we should aim higher, when we can.

GCT!
-Micha

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