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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>On reading the
article on</FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>What is Sinat Chinam
b</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>y Rafi Farber, I must respectfully
disagree with the author's conclusion (apparently backed up by the Rambam) which
is that "Sinas Chinam" <FONT face=TimesNewRomanPSMT size=3>is "really justified
hatred, but justified hatred that won’t lead anywhere."
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<DIV>We've always understood it to be "Causeless" hatred, which makes much more
sense. To condemn "justified" hatred as being what caused the churban is
practically an oxymoron. If it is justified hatred, then it is justifiable!
Perhaps it might be implying you should hate the sin but not the
sinner. However, human nature being what it is, if someone abused or killed
your child, could you in all honesty not feel hatred toward that individual?
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<DIV>Or...if you use the argument that we are all created b'tzelem Elokim, then
how would you apply it to Hitler, Eichman, or thousands of others, Y"Sh?</DIV>
<DIV>It's too much of an oversimplification to say that Sinas Chinam is
"justifiable" hatred. It's one thing to "play with words," but it's another to
"play with concepts."</DIV>
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