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#Anyone who hates in his heart any Jew violates the Negative Commandment of "Do Not Hate your Brother in Your Heart" (לא תשנא את אחיך בלבבך) <ref> Vayikra 19:17 </ref>. | #Anyone who hates in his heart any Jew violates the Negative Commandment of "Do Not Hate your Brother in Your Heart" (לא תשנא את אחיך בלבבך) <ref> Vayikra 19:17 </ref>. | ||
# If someone sinned against you, you shouldn't be quiet and hate them <ref> As Avshalom did against Amnon, Shmuel Bet 13:22 </ref>, but instead tell him what he did, and ask him: "Why did you do this to me, and why did you sin to me in this way?", as it is written: "You shall surely rebuke your friend" <ref> Ibid.--the immediate continuation of the previous verse. Kitzur S"A 29:13 </ref>. | # If someone sinned against you, you shouldn't be quiet and hate them <ref> As Avshalom did against Amnon, Shmuel Bet 13:22 </ref>, but instead tell him what he did, and ask him: "Why did you do this to me, and why did you sin to me in this way?", as it is written: "You shall surely rebuke your friend" <ref> Ibid.--the immediate continuation of the previous verse. Kitzur S"A 29:13 </ref>. | ||
# If one's friend asked for his forgiveness, he must not be cruel, and instead forgive him, just as Avrohom davened to Hashem to heal Avimelech <ref> ibid. </ref>. | |||
# It is forbidden for a person to pray for judgment against a friend who did him wrong, if there is judgment available on earth. Anyone who prays that his friend should get punished is himself punished first. <ref> Kitzur S.A. 29:14</ref>. | |||
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