{
  "bookId": "sefer-hamidos",
  "part": "1",
  "torah": "2",
  "title": "Hospitality",
  "hebrewTitle": "הַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים",
  "sourceUrl": "/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/2",
  "plainUrl": "/reader-plain/sefer-hamidos/1/2/",
  "segments": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁאֵין מַכְנִיס אוֹרְחִים, בָּזֶה מַחֲזִיק יְדֵי מְרֵעִים, שֶׁלֹּא יַחְזְרוּ בִּתְשׁוּבָה.",
      "en": "1. One who does not take in guests, by this (he) strengthens the hand of evildoers, that they will not return in repentance."
    },
    {
      "index": 2,
      "he": "עִיר שֶׁאֵין בָּהּ הַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים בָּאִים לִידֵי גִּלּוּי־עֲרָיוֹת, וְעַל־יְדֵי גִּלּוּי־עֲרָיוֹת בָּא עֲלֵיהֶם הֲרִיגָה.",
      "en": "2. A city that does not practice hospitality comes to sexual immorality, and through sexual immorality there comes upon them (mass) killing."
    },
    {
      "index": 3,
      "he": "הַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים מְזַכָּה אֶת הָאִשָּׁה לְבָנִים.",
      "en": "3. Hospitality gives merit to a woman to have sons."
    },
    {
      "index": 4,
      "he": "הַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים כְּהַכְנָסַת שַׁבָּת.",
      "en": "4. Receiving guests is comparable to receiving Shabbos."
    },
    {
      "index": 5,
      "he": "הַמְאָרֵחַ תַּלְמִיד־חָכָם בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ - מַעֲלֶה עָלָיו הַכָּתוּב כְּאִלּוּ הִקְרִיב תְּמִידִין.",
      "en": "5. One who hosts a Torah scholar in his home, the Scripture considers it as if he had offered the daily burnt offerings (see Likutay Moharan 28:3)."
    },
    {
      "index": 6,
      "he": "גְּדוֹלָה הַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים מֵהַשְׁכָּמַת בֵּית־הַמִּדְרָשׁ וְהַקְבָּלַת פְּנֵי שְׁכִינָה.",
      "en": "6. Receiving guests is greater than coming early to the house of (Torah) study and/or welcoming the countenance of the Divine Presence."
    },
    {
      "index": 7,
      "he": "כֵּיוָן דְּלָא שְׁכִיחֵי רַבָּנָן גַּבַּיְהוּ כַּכּוּתִיִּים דָּמֵי.",
      "en": "7. Since the rabbis are not found regularly by them, they are comparable to Cuthites (-people who denied the validity of the Oral Torah which is entirely based on the rulings and exegesis of the true Sages)."
    },
    {
      "index": 8,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי הַכְנָסַת־אוֹרְחִים אֵימָתוֹ מֻטֶּלֶת עַל הַבְּרִיּוֹת.",
      "en": "1. Through practicing hospitality, fear of G-d rests upon all beings."
    },
    {
      "index": 9,
      "he": "סְגֻלָּה לְהַחֲזִיר לְאִשָּׁה וֶסְתָּהּ עַל־יְדֵי הַכְנָסַת־ אוֹרְחִים.",
      "en": "2. A segulah (-propitious, charm) for returning a woman to her fertility cycle, is through hosting guests."
    },
    {
      "index": 10,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי קְדֻשַּׁת הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ הַהִתְנַשְּׂאוּת שֶׁל רָאשֵׁי־הַדּוֹר בְּתֹקֶף וָעֹז, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה נֶחְשָׁב בְּעֵינֵי כֹּל הַמִּצְוָה שֶׁל הַכְנָסַת־אוֹרְחִים, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה הַלּוֹמְדִים זוֹכִים שֶׁהֲלָכָה כְּמוֹתָם.",
      "en": "3. Through the sanctification of G-d's name blessed He, the eminence of the heads of the generation is in force with might; and through this, the mitzvah (-commandment) of hospitality is important in the eyes of all, and through this the scholars merit that the halacha (-Jewish law) is like them."
    }
  ]
}