GEN1371 (Continued from [[DEUT293]] Deuteronomy 6:16 try DUTIES 401-5). If he survives, with the help of the Creator, may He be exalted, he will lose his merit and reward, as our Masters, of blessid memory, have said of this: "A person should never stay in a dangerous place and say that a miracle will be performed for him, lest no miracle be performed; and if it is performed for him, his merits are diminished.” Shabbat 32a.   Our forefather Ya’akov said [this verse], which the Targum renders: “My merits are diminished by all the kindnesses and favors.”