[Avodah] What exactly is “Ayin Harah” and do we have to worry about it?

[Prof. Levine via Avodah]

At 01:42 PM 3/6/2017, Micha Berger wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 03:12:34PM +0000, Professor L. Levine via 
>Avodah wrote:
>: Q. What exactly is "Ayin Harah" and do we have to worry about it? (A
>: subscriber's question)
>
>I brought here a few times in the past my argument that the usage in the
>mishnah that an "evil eye" is a jealous one. It would therefore seem
>that an ayin hara is the punishment one gets for making others feel
>dissatistfied through one's flaunting and conspicuous consumption.
>
>Tir'u baTov!
>-Micha

IIRC,  this is precisely the way Rabbi A. Miller explained it.

YL 
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