Hospitality
הַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים
Source: https://ajew.org/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/2

Segment 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.

Segment 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.

Segment 3
HE:
הַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים מְזַכָּה אֶת הָאִשָּׁה לְבָנִים.

EN:
3. Hospitality gives merit to a woman to have sons.

Segment 4
HE:
הַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים כְּהַכְנָסַת שַׁבָּת.

EN:
4. Receiving guests is comparable to receiving Shabbos.

Segment 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).

Segment 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.

Segment 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).

Segment 8
HE:
עַל־יְדֵי הַכְנָסַת־אוֹרְחִים אֵימָתוֹ מֻטֶּלֶת עַל הַבְּרִיּוֹת.

EN:
1. Through practicing hospitality, fear of G-d rests upon all beings.

Segment 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.

Segment 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.