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EXODUS — 22:5 fire

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Exodus, Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-EXOD
Page(s): 187-8
EXOD629 R. Shmuel b. Nachmani said in the name of R. Yonathan: Calamity visits the world only when there are evildoers in the world, as it is written: "If fire go out and find thorns…" When does fire go out? Only when "thorns" are found for it. And the [calamity] begins with the righteous, as it is written: [lit.,] "and the 'sheaves' have been consumed." It is not written; "and the sheaves will be consumed," but "have been consumed" -- They have been consumed already [i.e., even before the thorns] (Bava Kamma 60a)

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EXODUS — 22:20 afflict

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Exodus, Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-EXOD
Page(s): 205
EXOD642 The Rabbis taught: One who afflicts a proselyte transgresses three negative commandments: "And a stranger you shall not afflict"; (Leviticus 19:33): "And if there live with you a stranger in your land, you shall not afflict him"; (Leviticus 25:17): "And a man shall not afflict his fellow" -- and a proselyte is in the class of "his fellow" (Bava Metzia 59b).

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