# Peace

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Source: https://ajew.org/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/101


## Segment 1

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נֵרוֹת שֶׁל שַׁבָּת מַרְבִּין שָׁלוֹם.

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1. The Shabbat candles increase peace.


## Segment 2

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עַל־יְדֵי רְדִיפַת שָׁלוֹם זוֹכִין לְכָבוֹד בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וּלְחַיִּים בָּעוֹלָם הַבָּא.

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2. Through pursuing peace, one merits honor in This World and life in the World to Come.


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כָּל שֶׁהוּא מִפְּנֵי דַּרְכֵי שָׁלוֹם אֵין בּוֹ מִשּׁוּם "מִדְּבַר שֶׁקֶר תִּרְחָק".

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3. Anything which is for the sake of the 'ways of peace' is not subject to [the injunction to] “distance yourself from something false”.


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בְּנֵי־אָדָם הַכּוֹפִים לִצְדָקָה, עַל־יָדָם שְׁלוֹם הַמַּלְכוּת נִתְוַּסֵּף.

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4. People who press [others to give] charity, through them the peace with the government increases.


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עַל־יְדֵי רְדִיפַת שָׁלוֹם בָּא לְבִטָּחוֹן.

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5. Through pursuing peace, one comes to trust [in G-d].


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שָׁלוֹם בָּא עַל־יְדֵי אֱמֶת.

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6. Peace comes through truth.


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בִּנְיַן יְרוּשָׁלַיִם תָּלוּי בְּשָׁלוֹם.

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7. The building of Jerusalem is dependent on peace.


## Segment 8

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עַל־יְדֵי שָׁלוֹם בָּאִים בְּשׂוֹרוֹת טוֹבוֹת.

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8. Through peace come good tidings


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כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ מוּסָר, יֵשׁ שָׁלוֹם.

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9. When there is Mussar (moral refinement), there is peace.


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עַל־יְדֵי לִמּוּד תִּינוֹקוֹת בְּבֵית רַבָּן נִתְרַבֶּה שָׁלוֹם.

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10. Through the very young school childrens' studying, peace is increased.


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עֲכִירַת הַמַּיִם הוּא סִימָן שֶׁאֵין שָׁלוֹם.

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11. Turbidity of the water is a sign that there is no peace.


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כְּשֶׁאֵין שָׁלוֹם, הַתְּפִלּוֹת אֵינָם מִתְקַבְּלוֹת.

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12. When there is no peace, the prayers are not accepted.


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עַל־יְדֵי שָׁלוֹם זוֹכִין לְהִתְגַּלּוּת אֵלִיָּהוּ.

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13. Through peace, one merits to revelation of Eliyahu [the Prophet].


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כְּשֶׁאֵין שָׁלוֹם, אֵין הַנָּשִׁים יוֹלְדוֹת זְכָרִים.

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14. When there is no peace, the women do not give birth to male children.


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מִי שֶׁמַשְׁאִיל לִבְנֵי־אָדָם דְּבָרִים הַצְּרִיכִים לָהֶם, כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּרִיחָה בָּעוֹלָם, הוּא נִמְלָט.

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15. One who lends to people things that they need, when [a crisis causing] mass fleeing comes to the world, he will be spared.


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הַשָּׁלוֹם הוּא סִימָן לְחַיִּים.

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16. Peace is a sign of life.


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עַל־יְדֵי רְדִיפַת שָׁלוֹם מַצִּיל לְבָנָיו מִמִּיתָה וּמִגָּלוּת.

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17. Through pursuing peace, one saves his children from death and exile.


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הַבְּרָכָה בָּא עַל־יְדֵי שָׁלוֹם.

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18. Blessing comes through peace.


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כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ שָׁלוֹם, אֵין פַּחַד.

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19. When there is peace, there is no fear.


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עַל־יְדֵי שֶּׁיֵּשׁ שָׁלוֹם בֵּין הָרְשָׁעִים, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה יֵשׁ לָהֶם כָּל טוּב.

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20. Through that which there is peace among the wicked, through this, they have everything good.


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לִפְעָמִים הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בֵּין יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל־יְדֵי רְשָׁעִים.

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21. Sometimes the Holy One, Blessed be He, makes peace among the Jewish People through evildoers.


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הַשָּׁלוֹם סִימָן לְשֹׂבַע.

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22. Peace is an indication of satiety.


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כְּשֶׁהַשָּׂרִים שֶׁל מַעְלָה מִתְגָּרִים, תֵּכֶף הַאי תִּגְרָא נִתְהַוֶּה בֵּין הָאֻמּוֹת וּבֵין הַחֲכָמִים.

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23. When the officials Above dispute with each other, immediately the same argument happens among the nations and among the scholars.