Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Behar/Bechukotai #3- What's Wrong
In parshat Behar, perek chuf hey, passuk yud daled, it is stated to “not wrong one another”. What kind of “wronging” is this passuk referring to? Rashi suggests that it is refers to wronging in money matters. E.g: overpricing, theft etc. What other kind of wrong doing could this passuk suggest?
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Rabbi Meir says wronging each other is betraying or lying to one another. Hashem does not want Bnei Yisrael lying to each other, because it will influence many people, and would be a Chilul Hashem if other nations find out about betrayal between their own people.
ReplyDeleteRavjordigendra.wordpress.com comments on the question of what the parsha means by “not wronging another person”. Rav Jordigendra says we need to give some time and energy to projects that better the world. We should donate our money and spend time on organizations that improve social justices. We need to spend time on self reflection on bettering our character.
ReplyDeleteChabad.org says that the wronging is speaking about lashon hara. Benei Yisrael were speaking about eachother wrongfully and Hashem told them to stop.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Rabbi Shalitsky, "not wronging each other" refers to the midot. Meaning, every Jew should greet one another with a smile and a nod. When you wrong a Jew, it's as if you're "wronging" yourself which will lead to punishments.
ReplyDeleteChizkuni says that this is referring to monetary wronging, specifically selling land for more than it is worth to a fellow Jew, seeing that it needs to be retuned to the seller during the Yovel year. We need to treat each other fairly and honestly in all aspects of life as we are considered brothers.
ReplyDeletethe wronging was the jews talking lashon hara and they needed to stop that this is relatable to my life because over the past week i have tried to stop as well and i think it's nice that it's mentioned in this weeks parsha
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it means lying or betraying one another which Hashem doesnt because its bad for themselves to be doing this in addition to the other nations seeing benai yisroel betraying one another. This is the opinion of rabbi meir
ReplyDeletechabad.org says that beni isreal was speaking Lashon Hara and that Hashem told them to stop speaking badly about each other
ReplyDeleteParshat.com says it could mean lying going behind someone's back and Wronging them. Hurting someone's feeling is such a big deal the torah takes it very seriously
ReplyDeleteRashi says when it says beni werebspeakin. "Wrongly" it was talking about lash in hara
ReplyDeleteIt's possible that wrong doing means stealing from another person. we learnt in Gemara this year that if someone comes from a tunnel and steals, he is liable for death (I typed it out the first time but it didn't save so I'll tell you in person the rule if you want). Anyways, from this rule we see that wrong doing is stealing/ hurting another man
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