Great is Peace That Even the Holy One Blessed Be He Changed It

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Great is Peace That Even the Holy One Blessed Be He Changed It

Great is Peace That Even the Holy One Blessed Be He Changed It

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"Great is the peace that even the Holy One Blessed Be He changed it, as it is written 'And my lord is old' and also 'At last I have become old' (meaning: the value of peace is so great that even the Holy One Blessed Be He altered the words when repeating Sarah’s words before Abraham, so Abraham would not be offended; instead of Sarah saying Abraham ‘my lord is old,’ He said to Abraham that she said she herself ‘has grown old’)" - Yalkut Shimoni Torah, Parashat Vayechi, Remez 162. And similarly: "And so was Rabbi Elazar the Kohen saying, Love peace and hate strife. Great is peace that even when Israel served foreign gods and there was peace among them, the Holy One Blessed Be He said, I do not desire to afflict them, as it is stated 'Ephraim is surrounded with idols, let him alone'" - Masechtot Ketanot, Masechet Derech Eretz, Chapter 7.

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Expression (Hebrew)

גָּדוֹל הַשָּׁלוֹם שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ הקב"ה שִׁנָּה בּוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

עֶרְכּוֹ שֶׁל הַשָּׁלוֹם כָּל כָּךְ גָּדוֹל שֶׁמֻּתָּר לְשַׁקֵּר מְעַט לְמַעֲנוֹ כְּדֵי לִמְנֹעַ מְרִיבָה.

("גָּדוֹל הַשָּׁלוֹם שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ הקב"ה שִׁנָּה בּוֹ כְּתִיב וַאדֹנִי זָקֵן וּכְתִיב לְבַסּוֹף וַאֲנִי זָקַנְתִּי (כְּלוֹמַר: עֶרְכּוֹ שֶׁל הַשָּׁלוֹם חָשׁוּב בְּיוֹתֵר שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ הקב"ה כְּשֶׁחָזַר עַל דִּבְרֵי שָׂרָה בְּאָזְנֵי אַבְרָהָם שִׁנָּה אֶת הַדְּבָרִים, כָּךְ שֶׁאַבְרָהָם לֹא יֵעָלֵב, וּבִמְקוֹם דְּבָרַי שֶׁשָּׁרָה שֶׁאָמְרָה שֶׁאַבְרָהָם "אֲדוֹנִי "זָקֵן, אָמַר לְאַבְרָהָם שֶׁהִיא אָמְרָה שֶׁהִיא הִזְדַּקְּנָה)"- יַלְקוּט שִׁמְעוֹנִי תּוֹרָה פָּרָשַׁת וַיְחִי רֶמֶז קסב, וְכֵן:"וְכֵן הָיָה ר' אֶלְעָזָר הַקַּפָּר אוֹמֵר, אָהֲבוּ אֶת הַשָּׁלוֹם, וְשָׂנְאוּ אֶת הַמַּחֲלֹקֶת, גָּדוֹל הַשָּׁלוֹם, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל עָבְדֵן עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה וְיֵשׁ שָׁלוֹם בֵּינֵיהֶם, אוֹמֵר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֵין רְצוֹנִי לְיַגֵּעַ בָּהֶן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר חֲבוּר עֲצַבִּים אֶפְרָיִם הַנַּח לוֹ"- מַסֶּכְתּוֹת קְטַנּוֹת מַסֶּכֶת דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ פֶּרֶק ז)

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