# Redeeming Prisoners

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Source: https://ajew.org/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/83


## Segment 1

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עַל־יְדֵי גַבְהוּת הַלֵּב נוֹפֵל לִתְפִיסָה.

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1. Through haughtiness of the heart, one falls into incarceration.


## Segment 2

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דְּמוֹדֶה לְנָכְרִים נוֹפֵל בִּידֵיהוֹן, אֶלָּא כָּל דִּבְרֵיהֶם תִּסְתֹּר.

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2. One who agrees with the non-Jews falls into their hands. Rather, one should contradict all of their words.


## Segment 3

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הָאוֹמֵר דָּבָר בְּשֵׁם אוֹמְרוֹ, מֵבִיא גְּאֻלָּה לָעוֹלָם.

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3. Someone who says a statement in the name of the one who said it (originator), brings redemption to the world.


## Segment 4

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עַל־יְדֵי פִּדְיוֹן שְׁבוּיִים נִתְקַבֵּץ נִדָּחָיו שֶׁל הַפּוֹדֶה.

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4. Through redeeming prisoners, the redeemer's dispersed are gathered.


## Segment 5

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מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹצֵא מִבֵּיתוֹ חָשׁוּב, כִּתְפִיסָה.

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5. Someone who does not leave his house is considered as if incarcerated.


## Segment 6

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בַּעֲווֹן מִשְׁכַּב־זָכָר נִתְפָּס בִּתְפִיסָה.

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6. Through the sin of homosexuality, one becomes incarcerated.


## Segment 7

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מִי שֶׁמְּרַחֵם עַל הַשְּׁבוּיִים, הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא מַצִּילוֹ מִמִּיתָה.

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7. Someone who has mercy on prisoners, the Holy One, Blessed be He, saves him from death.


## Segment 8

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מִי שֶׁהוּא בִּתְפִיסָה, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁגַּם נִשְׁמָתוֹ לְמַעְלָה בִּתְפִיסָה.

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8. Someone who is incarcerated, it is certain that his soul above is also incarcerated.


## Segment 9

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מִי שֶׁבָּא לַצַּדִּיק וְשׁוֹאֵל אֶת הַצַּדִּיק עֵצָה וּמֵפֵר עֲצָתוֹ אַחַר־כָּךְ, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה נִתְפָּס בִּתְפִיסָה.

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9. Someone who comes to the Tzadik and asks the Tzadik advice, and afterwards violates his advice, as a result, he becomes incarcerated.


## Segment 10

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מִי שֶׁמַּאֲכִיל לֶחֶם לָרְעֵבִים, הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא מַצִּיל אוֹתוֹ מִבֵּית־הָאֲסוּרִים.

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10. One who feeds bread to the hungry, the Holy One, Blessed be He, saves him from the jailhouse.


## Segment 11

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מִי שֶׁלֹּא תִּקֵּן חַטְּאוֹת נְעוּרִים, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה בָּא לְבֵית־הָאֲסוּרִים.

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11. One who did not fix the sins of his youth, as a result, he goes to the jail house.


## Segment 12

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מִי שֶׁהוּא רָגִיל לִהְיוֹת מוֹהֵל, אוֹ לְסַפֵּק צָרְכֵי סְעוּדַת בְּרִית־מִילָה שֶׁל עָנִי, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה נִצּוֹל מִבֵּית־הָאֲסוּרִים.

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12. Someone who is accustomed to performing circumcisions, or providing for the expenses of the circumcision feast for a poor person, through this, he is saved from the jail house.


## Segment 13

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עַל־יְדֵי נִאוּף נוֹפֵל לִתְפִיסָה אוֹ לְחֳלִי כְּאֵב רַגְלַיִם. גַּם תַּלְמִיד שֶׁלֹּא הִגִּיעַ לְהוֹרָאָה וּמוֹרֶה, נוֹפֵל לָזֶה, גַּם מַזִּיקִין שׁוֹלְטִין עָלָיו.

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1. Through lewdness, one falls into incarceration or foot pain sickness. Also, a student who had not reached the level of delivering a halachic directive, yet prescribes, falls into this. Also, damaging spirits rule over (afflict) him.


## Segment 14

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סְגֻלַּת הַצְּדָקָה לְבַטֵּל כָּל אֵלּוּ הָעֳנָשִׁים.

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2. Charity is a segulah (conductive) to nullifying all of those punishments.


## Segment 15

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בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁאֵין מְבַקְשִׁין רַחֲמִים עַל חֲבֵרוֹ, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה נוֹפֵל לִתְפִיסָה, וְתִקּוּן לִתְפִיסָה, שֶׁיְּפַרְנֵס אֵיזֶהוּ בַּעֲלֵי־חַיִּים.

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3. Due to not requesting compassion on behalf of one's friend, as a result, one falls into incarceration. And a remedy for incarceration is to support some living creature.


## Segment 16

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עַל־יְדֵי תַּשְׁמִישׁ הַמִּטָּה בְּיָמִים שֶׁאֲסוּרִין בְּתַשְׁמִישׁ, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה נוֹפֵל לִתְפִיסָה.

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4. Through having marital relations on days on which such relations are forbidden, through this one falls into incarceration.


## Segment 17

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כְּשֶׁאֶחָד מִבְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל נִתְפַּס בִּתְפִיסָה, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה לְפִי בְּחִינָתוֹ נִסְתְּמוּ מַעַיְנוֹת הַחָכְמָה מֵחַכְמֵי הַדּוֹר, וּלְהֵפֶךְ כְּשֶׁיוֹצֵא מֵהַתְּפִיסָה.

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5. When one of the children of Israel falls into incarceration, as a result, according to his aspect, the wellsprings of wisdom are sealed up from the wise of the generation, and the opposite is true when he is freed from incarceration.


## Segment 18

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לִפְעָמִים עַל־יְדֵי תְּפִיסָה נִצּוֹל מִכִּלְיוֹן בָּנִים.

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6. Sometimes, through incarceration, one is saved from loss of children.


## Segment 19

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עַל־יְדֵי לָשׁוֹן הָרָע נִתְפָּס בִּתְפִיסָה.

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7. Through lushon hura (slander), one becomes incarcerated.


## Segment 20

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הַשְּׂעָרוֹת שֶׁגְּדֵלִין עַל הָאָדָם וְהַמַּלְבּוּשִׁים שֶׁעַל הָאָדָם בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁיּוֹשֵׁב בִּתְפִיסָה, שׁוֹרֶה עֲלֵיהֶם רוּחַ מְכֹעָר, שֶׁעוֹכֵר וּמְבַזֶּה אֶת הָאָדָם.

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8. The hairs that grow on a person and the clothes on a person at the time that he sits in captivity, an ugly spirit rests upon them which makes a person ugly and degraded.


## Segment 21

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הִשְׁתַּדְּלוּת בְּפִדְיוֹן שְׁבוּיִים מְסֻגָּל לְהוֹלָדָה.

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9. Making an effort to free prisoners is a segulah (conducive) for child-bearing.


## Segment 22

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מִי שֶׁעוֹסֵק בְּפִדְיוֹן שְׁבוּיִים, גְּדוֹלֵי הַדּוֹר נִכְלָלִים בּוֹ עַל־יְדֵי זֶה.

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10. Someone who is involved in freeing prisoners, through this, the great ones of the generation are included in him.