As you do, so will you be done by / A person is treated as he treats others

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As you do, so will you be done by / A person is treated as he treats others

As you do, so will you be done by / A person is treated as he treats others

As a person behaves, so is he treated. In the way a person judges others, so is he judged.

(“The Lord goes before them; by the measure a person measures, it is measured for him, as Abraham went to send the ministering angels, as it is said (Genesis 18), and Abraham walked with them to send them, therefore God measured His children in the desert forty years” – Midrash Tanhuma (Warsaw), Beshalach §4; and: “But one who overlooks his own measures is overlooked for all his sins, and by the measure a person measures, it is measured for him” – Pele Yoetz, §1; and: “And I knew the thought of our sages about the scribes of other lands, and it is understood that by the measure we measure them, they measure us” – Berdichevski / Ketavim, Vol. II, 107; and: “By the measure I measured for Dolik, it was measured for me, Ingatz” – Agnon / Orech Nata LaLon, 93; and: “By the measure Isaac measured, it was measured for him… he lodged a baby with him, the mistress of the house offered him his bed” – Agnon / Temol Shilshom, 404)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּמִדָּה שֶׁאָדָם מוֹדֵד-בָּהּ מוֹדְדִים לוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

כְּפִי שֶׁאָדָם מִתְנַהֵג כָּךְ נוֹהֲגִים אִתּוֹ. בַּצּוּרָה שֶׁבָּהּ אָדָם שׁוֹפֵט אֶת הָאֲחֵרִים כָּךְ שׁוֹפְטִים אוֹתוֹ.

("ה' הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם, בְּמִדָּה שֶׁאָדָם מוֹדֵד בָּהּ מוֹדְדִים לוֹ, אַבְרָהָם לִוָּה מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בְּרֵאשִׁית יח) וְאַבְרָהָם הֹלֵךְ עִמָּם לְשַׁלְּחָם, לְפִיכָךְ לִוָּה הקב"ה אֶת בָּנָיו בַּמִּדְבָּר אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה"- מִדְרַשׁ תַּנְחוּמָא (וַרְשָׁא) פָּרָשַׁת בְּשַׁלַּח סִימָן ד, וְכֵן: "אֲבָל הַמַּעֲבִיר עַל מִדּוֹתָיו מַעֲבִירִין לוֹ עַל כָּל פְּשָׁעָיו, וּבְמִדָּה שֶׁאָדָם מוֹדֵד מוֹדְדִין לוֹ"- פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ, אוֹת א, וְכֵן: "וְיָדַעְתִּי אֶת מַחְשֶׁבֶת סוֹפְרֵינוּ עַל סוֹפְרֵי שְׁאָר הָאֲרָצוֹת, וּמִמֵּילָא מוּבָן כִּי בְּמִדָּה שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ מוֹדְדִים לָהֶם הֵם מוֹדְדִים לָנוּ"- בֶּרְדִּיצֶ'בְסְקִי/ כְּתָבִים, ב, 107, וְכֵן: "בְּמִדָּה שֶׁמָּדַדְתִּי לְדוֹלֵק מַדַּד לִי אִינְגְץ"- עַגְנוֹן/ אוֹרֵחַ נָטָה לָלוּן, 93, וְכֵן: "בְּמִדָּה שֶׁיִּצְחָק מַדַּד בָּהּ מָדְדוּ לוֹ...הוּא הֵלִין אֶצְלוֹ תִּינוֹק, בַּעֲלַת הַבַּיִת הִצִּיעָה לוֹ מִטָּתוֹ"- עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 404)

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