{
  "bookId": "sefer-hamidos",
  "part": "1",
  "torah": "79",
  "title": "Punishment",
  "hebrewTitle": "עֹנֶשׁ",
  "sourceUrl": "/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/79",
  "plainUrl": "/reader-plain/sefer-hamidos/1/79/",
  "segments": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "he": "לִפְעָמִים כְּשֶׁאָדָם עוֹשֶׂה מִצְוָה, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא מַעֲנִישׁ אוֹתוֹ, זֶה מֵחֲמַת שֶׁלֹּא עָשָׂה מִצְוָה כָּזֶה, כְּשֶׁבָּאָה לְיָדוֹ.",
      "en": "1. Sometimes, when a person performs a Mitzvah (Divine commandment/good deed) and the Holy One, Blessed be He, punishes him, this is because he did not perform a similar Divine commandment when he had the opportunity to do so."
    },
    {
      "index": 2,
      "he": "לִפְעָמִים דָּנִין אֶת הָאָדָם עַל פִּיו.",
      "en": "2. Sometimes a person is judged according to his own words. (t.n see Likutay Moharan 113)"
    },
    {
      "index": 3,
      "he": "לִפְעָמִים הָאָדָם נֶהֱרָג, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהָיָה יָכוֹל לְהַמְלִיץ בְּעַד אֶחָד, שֶׁשּׂוֹנְאִין אוֹתוֹ בְּחִנָּם.",
      "en": "3. Sometimes a man is murdered because he had the ability to advocate on behalf of someone who was being hated for no reason."
    },
    {
      "index": 4,
      "he": "לִפְעָמִים הָאָדָם נֶעֱנָשׁ, עַל שֶׁפָּשַׁע בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ, אוֹ שֶׁנִּגְזַר גְּזֵרָה עַל אַנְשֵׁי מְקוֹמוֹ אוֹ עַל עַמּוֹ.",
      "en": "4. Sometimes a man is punished because of negligence in his work, or because a decree had been passed upon the people of his community or upon his nation."
    },
    {
      "index": 5,
      "he": "הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא מְמַהֵר לְהִפָּרַע מִכְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה עַל־יְדֵי כְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה.",
      "en": "5. The Holy One, Blessed be He, is swift to punish those who are ungrateful, through the agency of those who are ungrateful."
    },
    {
      "index": 6,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁכֶּלֶב נָשַׁךְ אוֹתוֹ, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁקִּבֵּל לָשׁוֹן הָרָע, אוֹ שֶׁסִּפֵּר לָשׁוֹן הָרָע.",
      "en": "6. Someone who was bit by a dog, it is certain that he accepted slander (lushon hura) or spoke slander."
    }
  ]
}