# Punishment

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Source: https://ajew.org/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/79


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לִפְעָמִים כְּשֶׁאָדָם עוֹשֶׂה מִצְוָה, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא מַעֲנִישׁ אוֹתוֹ, זֶה מֵחֲמַת שֶׁלֹּא עָשָׂה מִצְוָה כָּזֶה, כְּשֶׁבָּאָה לְיָדוֹ.

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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.


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לִפְעָמִים דָּנִין אֶת הָאָדָם עַל פִּיו.

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2. Sometimes a person is judged according to his own words. (t.n see Likutay Moharan 113)


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לִפְעָמִים הָאָדָם נֶהֱרָג, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהָיָה יָכוֹל לְהַמְלִיץ בְּעַד אֶחָד, שֶׁשּׂוֹנְאִין אוֹתוֹ בְּחִנָּם.

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3. Sometimes a man is murdered because he had the ability to advocate on behalf of someone who was being hated for no reason.


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לִפְעָמִים הָאָדָם נֶעֱנָשׁ, עַל שֶׁפָּשַׁע בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ, אוֹ שֶׁנִּגְזַר גְּזֵרָה עַל אַנְשֵׁי מְקוֹמוֹ אוֹ עַל עַמּוֹ.

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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.


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הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא מְמַהֵר לְהִפָּרַע מִכְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה עַל־יְדֵי כְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה.

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5. The Holy One, Blessed be He, is swift to punish those who are ungrateful, through the agency of those who are ungrateful.


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מִי שֶׁכֶּלֶב נָשַׁךְ אוֹתוֹ, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁקִּבֵּל לָשׁוֹן הָרָע, אוֹ שֶׁסִּפֵּר לָשׁוֹן הָרָע.

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6. Someone who was bit by a dog, it is certain that he accepted slander (lushon hura) or spoke slander.