Love spoils justice / Love disrupts order

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Love spoils justice / Love disrupts order

Love spoils justice / Love disrupts order

Love for a particular person can lead to deviation from the rule of law toward them or from necessary objectivity and order. Or: excessive love may spoil education through overindulgence (here, "shura" refers to proper order or law).

("Love spoils the order, and hatred spoils the order. Love spoils the order, as it is written: 'And Joseph restrained his chariot and went to meet Israel his father' (Genesis 49:29). Did Joseph not have several servants? But love spoils the order." – Bereishit Rabbah 55:8; also: "Neither hatred and envy, nor love and compassion should guide your measure in life, for both spoil the order… only justice, justice, justice." – Ahad Ha’am / Moshe; also: "Love, as is known, spoils the order, and here too it slightly disrupted the sequence of events in our book." – H. Ba’er / El Makom SheHaRuach Holech, 205)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַהֲבָה מְקַלְקֶלֶת אֶת הַשּׁוּרָה

Definition (Hebrew)

הָאַהֲבָה לְאָדָם מְסֻיָּם יְכוֹלָה לְהָבִיא לַחֲרִיגָה מִשּׁוּרַת הַדִּין כְּלַפָּיו אוֹ מֵהָאוֹבְּיֶקְטִיבִיּוּת וְהַסֵּדֶר הַדָּרוּשׁ. (שׁוּרָה מַשְׁמָע כָּאן "שׁוּרַת הַדִּין" אוֹ הַסֵּדֶר הַתַּקִּין).

("אַהֲבָה מְקַלְקֶלֶת אֶת הַשּׁוּרָה וְשִׂנְאָה מְקַלְקֶלֶת אֶת הַשּׁוּרָה. אַהֲבָה מְקַלְקֶלֶת אֶת הַשּׁוּרָה, דִּכְתִיב: וְיֶאֱסֹר יוֹסֵף מֶרְכַּבְתּוֹ וְיָעֵל לִקְרַאת יִשְׂרָאֵל אָבִיו (בְּרֵאשִׁית מו כט) וְלֹא הָיָה לְיוֹסֵף כַּמָּה עֲבָדִים? אֶלָּא אַהֲבָה מְקַלְקֶלֶת אֶת הַשּׁוּרָה" - בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה נה ח; וְכֵן: "לֹא שִׂנְאָה וְקִנְאָה וְאַף לֹא אַהֲבָה וְחֶמְלָה יִהְיוּ לָכֶם לְקַו הַמִּדָּה בְּחַיֵּיכֶם, כִּי אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ מְקַלְקְלוֹת אֶת הַשּׁוּרָה... אֶלָּא צֶדֶק, צֶדֶק, צֶדֶק" - אֶחָד הָעָם / מֹשֶׁה; וְכֵן: "הָאַהֲבָה, כַּיָּדוּעַ, מְקַלְקֶלֶת אֶת הַשּׁוּרָה, וְגַם כָּאן קַלְקָלָה מְעַט אֶת סֵדֶר הָאֵרוּעִים שֶׁל סָפַרְנוּ" - ח. בְּאֵר / אֶל מְקוֹם שֶׁהָרוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ, 205)

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