Hacham Yehuda Fetaya


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A few quotes from the Rabbi on 'Love of Israel'
in which he explains that the wise will seek repair (tikun) and take pains to bring the sinful to repent

"For their feet run to evil; They hurry to shed blood". This can be interpreted as praise. Fully righteous people are accustomed to pursuing tikun in their towns. When they encounter a problematic person who commits wicked deeds they go, on their own, to the person's home and speak to them in words of reprimand and morals, until they lead the person's heart to change their ways and convince them to end their evil-doing. And should these righteous people need to spend money for this matter, they do so from their own pockets and not from the community's funds. This is what is meant by "their feet run" – those of the righteous – "to evil" people – to have them repent. And if funds are required, "they hurry to shed blood" – the word blood (dam) in this case means monies (damim). "They are clever at wrongdoing" can also be interpreted to mean that the wise go to great lengths with wrongdoers to straighten them out, and "but know not to do right" as their having no issue with those who do right.

Minhat Yehuda, p. 207, Proverbs, Chapter 1, 100. Rabbi Yehuda Fetaya Institute, Jerusalem 1995
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