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Sefer Chafetz Chayim
Hilchot Esurei Rechilut םייח ץפח רפס
Kelal Alef - Halachah 4 תוליכר ירוסיא תוכלה
'ט ללכ - םייחה רוקמ
certainty already hated Moshe Rabbeinu, his memory is a legacy for peace,
since the pasuk relates (Shemot 4:19) “since everyone who wants to kill אלֶֹּשׁ ,רהזִּל יוּארָ דֹאְמּ המ ןכּ םִאו .ןלצִּל אנמחרַ ,תקֶלֹחמ
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you has died,” implying that they also (still) wanted to kill Moshe and
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that they still continued to hate him, as the Torah relates to us in perashat לכבּ בֵטיה ןנוֹבְּתיֶּשׁ אלֹ םִא ,וּלּאכּ םינינִעבּ ברֵעְתִהל
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Korach. And Moshe Rabbeinu A”H most certainly hated them, as Tehilim
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teaches (139:21) “and those that hate you, Hashem, I will hate,” and these םוּשׁ אוֹבי אלֶֹּשׁ ,וֹרזעבּ 'ה היהי זאו ,ליֵעל וּנבַתכֶּשּׁ המ
men were positively in the category of those who hate Hashem since
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they wanted to pull the entire Jewish people away from Hashem’s Torah. .וֹדי לע לוֹשׁכִמ
They denied the holy prophecy (of Moshe Rabbeinu) and our redemption
from Egypt by G-d’s hand (they obscured these events as though they
never occurred and they completely lied about these events) and turned
them upside down, then they accused Moshe (Bamidbar 16:3) “why are עדַוֹנ אלֹ ךְא ,ןגֹהכּ אלֶֹּשׁ ןבוּארְִל רבדּ הָשֲׂענ )טל( םִא .די
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you assuming the leadership of society?” (literally, “the congregation of
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Hashem). :ןוֹעְמִשׁל לאָשׁו הז ןבוּארְ אבוּ .רבדּה תא וֹל הָשׂע יִמ ,וֹל
Also it seems obvious to me that there is a Lav specifically not to love these ןבוּארְֶשׁ ,ןיִבֵמ אוּהֶשׁ ףא ?הזּה רבדּה תא יִל הָשׂע יִמ
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kinds of people from the Torah’s instruction to us involving a Meh’seet
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(someone who proactively strives to pull the Jewish people away from the אוּהֶשׁ ףא ,הֶשׂוֹעה םֵשׁ תא וֹל תוֹלּגל רוּסא ,הזבּ וֹדְשׁוֹח
Torah and the teachings of our Chazal). The Torah instructs us specifically
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not to love this person (this Meh’seet) (Devarim 13:9) and Rashi explains ,*רבדּה תא יִתיִשׂע אלֹ ינא :וֹל ביִשׁי קרַ .וֹמצעבּ הארָ
this based on the Sifri. Rambam similarly decided this law, that the ללכּ וֹדְשׁוֹח היה אלֹ םִא וּלִּפא רֶשׁא רבדּ אוּהֶשׁ אלֹ םִא(
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Torah commands us not to love this person. And do not say that this
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commandment relates only to a Meh’seet who pushes society to worship ,וֹמצעֵמ וֹל רפּסל ךְירִצ ןכּ םגּ היה ,וֹלאוֹשׁ היה אלֹו הזבּ
other gods because that is not so! The reason for this commandment not
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to love him is stated in the Torah (Devarim 13:11) “since he wanted to וֹמכוּ ,ןמיִסּה תלִּחְתִבּ ל"נּה םיִטרְָפּה לכּ וֹבּ וּמלְשׁנֶּשׁ ןוֹגכּ
separate you from your attachment to Hashem, your G-d, etc.” The Gemara 'א קלחבּ ליֵעל ראבְּתנֶּשׁ וֹמכוּ ,)'ז ףיִעסבּ ליֵעל וּנבַתכֶּשׁ
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Sanhedrin (67a) teaches that a Meh’seet who provokes a single individual
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or a group (to break their attachment to Hashem) must be hated and how ,בֵטיה םָשׁ ןיּעו ,ערָה ןוֹשׁל ןינִעל ז"י ףיִעסבּ 'י ללכִבּ
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much even more so if he provokes conflict and controversy directly with
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the master of all prophets and convinces several hundred Jews to join with םימ ראבִבוּ םייּחה רוֹקְמִבּ םָשׁ תוֹרכּזנּה תוֹרבסּה לכּ יִכּ
him in contending against Moshe using various seductions and strategies
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designed to convince them not to believe in the Torah given to us at ךְיַּשׁ ,םימָשׁ ידֵי תאצל ןינִעל ןיבוּ אנידּ ןינִעל ןיבּ ,םייּח
Mt. Sinai by Moshe Rabbeinu A”H. How much even more so are we .הזבּ םגּ
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commanded by the Torah not to love them!
,םיִשׁנא הבּרְה הזבּ ןיִלָשׁכנֶּשּׁ המ ראבל אוֹבנ הָתּעו .וט
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3 In the Yad HaChazakah, the 5 chapter of The Laws of Idol Worship (4
halacha), the Rambam defines a Meh’seet as anyone who entices even a .הזבּ אצוֹיּכּ לכל ליִכְּשׂמּה שׁיקִי וּנּמִּמוּ ,דחא רוּיִּצ ריּצאו
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single Jew to worship an idol (a foreign god). After taking testimony from two
witnesses, the punishment imposed by the Beit Din on the Meh’seet is death by
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םיִאבוּ ,רֹכְּמִל ריִעל הרָוֹחס איִבֵמ דחאֶשׁ ,יוּצמֶּשּׁ המ יִפל
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