Pipeline Torah Gem #909 2025-12-31: He Recompenses
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Vaughn Seward
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He Recompenses
"If you will say, 'Surely we did not know this!' But the One Who resides in hearts, He understands; and the Protector of your soul, He knows; and He recompenses a man according to his deeds." (Proverbs 24:12)
"And He recompenses a man according to his deeds": This means that a person is held as responsible for passive inaction as for active sinning. The verse says that a person may be reluctant to sacrifice his time and money in order to help a stranger, but if he does it, Hashem rewards a man according to his deeds, in unimaginable ways (see Isaiah 64:3). The verse states that Hashem perceives the heart and pays according to his deeds. If he tries but is unsuccessful, Hashem rewards him as if he succeeded (Me'am Loez, citing Mussar Av).
Adapted from Artscroll's "The Writings; Proverbs" by Rabbi N. Scherman & Rabbi M. Zlotowitz, page 215.
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Yiddish Corner
ALE MAYLES IN EYNEM, IZ NITO BAY KEYNEM.
No one person has every good quality. [Nobody is perfect.]
AZ DER BEKER IZ BREYT, BAKT ER BREYT BROYT.
If the baker is wide, he bakes wide bread.
[Adapted from 15-Min Yiddish (Season 4 Episode 9)]
"If you will say, 'Surely we did not know this!' But the One Who resides in hearts, He understands; and the Protector of your soul, He knows; and He recompenses a man according to his deeds." (Proverbs 24:12)
"And He recompenses a man according to his deeds": This means that a person is held as responsible for passive inaction as for active sinning. The verse says that a person may be reluctant to sacrifice his time and money in order to help a stranger, but if he does it, Hashem rewards a man according to his deeds, in unimaginable ways (see Isaiah 64:3). The verse states that Hashem perceives the heart and pays according to his deeds. If he tries but is unsuccessful, Hashem rewards him as if he succeeded (Me'am Loez, citing Mussar Av).
Adapted from Artscroll's "The Writings; Proverbs" by Rabbi N. Scherman & Rabbi M. Zlotowitz, page 215.
Torah Gem Archives: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/torahtidbits
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Yiddish Corner
ALE MAYLES IN EYNEM, IZ NITO BAY KEYNEM.
No one person has every good quality. [Nobody is perfect.]
AZ DER BEKER IZ BREYT, BAKT ER BREYT BROYT.
If the baker is wide, he bakes wide bread.
[Adapted from 15-Min Yiddish (Season 4 Episode 9)]
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