Whomever He loves, He reproves

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Whomever He loves, He reproves

Whomever He loves, He reproves

A person who truly loves his friend rebukes him or criticizes him to his face in order to help him improve his behavior. One reproves those whom he loves or cares about.

("For whom the Lord loves He reproves, even as a father the son in whom he delights" - Proverbs 3:12; likewise: "Any love without rebuke is not love" - Genesis Rabbah 54; and: "Not always is there strength. Whomever the Lord loves, He reproves. Once, on a Sabbath before noon" - S.Y. Agnon, The Doctor’s Legend, and)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֶת אֲשֶׁר יֶאֱהַב יוֹכִיחַ

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם שֶׁאוֹהֵב בְּכֵנוּת אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ מוֹכִיחַ אוֹתוֹ אוֹ מוֹתֵחַ בְּפָנָיו בִּקֹּרֶת עָלָיו כְּדֵי לַעֲזֹר לוֹ לְשַׁפֵּר אֶת הִתְנַהֲגוּתוֹ. הָאָדָם מוֹכִיחַ אֶת מִי שֶׁהוּא אוֹהֵב אוֹ אֶת מִי שֶׁאִכְפַּת לוֹ מִמֶּנּוּ.

(" כִּי אֶת אֲשֶׁר יֶאֱהַב ה' יוֹכִיחַ וּכְאָב אֶת בֵּן יִרְצֶה"- מִשְׁלֵי ג יב, וְכֵן:"כָּל אַהֲבָה שֶׁאֵין עִמָּהּ תּוֹכֵחָה אֵינָהּ אַהֲבָה" - בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה נד, וְכֵן:"לָא לְעוֹלָם חֹסֶן. אֶת אֲשֶׁר יֶאֱהַב ה' יוֹכִיחַ. פַּעַם אַחַת בְּשַׁבָּת קֹדֶם הַצָּהֳרַיִם"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ אַגָּדַת הָרוֹפֵא, ו)

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