Does a person drink from a well and throw a stone into it?! (יֵשׁ אָדָם שׁוֹתֶה מִן הַבְּאֵר וּמַשְׁלִיךְ אֶבֶן לְתוֹכָהּ?!)

Does a person drink from a well and throw a stone into it?!

Figuratively: Is such ingratitude possible?! It is not typical for a person to harm someone who has brought him benefit.

("And he said to him (God, the Blessed One, to Moses): Where are the Egyptians drinking? He said to him: From Nile. He said to him: Turn it into blood. He said to him: I am not able to turn it, is there a man who drinks from the well, throwing a stone into it?! (Moses was saved by the merit of the ark that ruled over the river)" - Shemot Rava 20)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יֵשׁ אָדָם שׁוֹתֶה מִן הַבְּאֵר וּמַשְׁלִיךְ אֶבֶן לְתוֹכָהּ?!

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הַאִם תִּתָּכֵן כְּפִיּוּת טוֹבָה שֶׁכָּזֹאת?!, אֵין זֶה אָופְיָינִי לְהִתְנַהֲגוּתוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם לְהַזִּיק לְמִי שֶׁהֵבִיא לוֹ תּוֹעֶלֶת.

("אָמַר לוֹ (הקב"ה לְמֹשֶׁה): הֵיכָן מִצְרַיִם שׁוֹתִים?אָמַר לוֹ: מִנִּילוּס. אָמַר לוֹ: הֲפֹךְ אוֹתוֹ לְדָם. אָמַר לוֹ: אֵינִי יָכוֹל לְהָפְכוֹ, יֵשׁ אָדָם שׁוֹתֶה מִן הַבְּאֵר מַשְׁלִיךְ אֶבֶן לְתוֹכָהּ?! (מֹשֶׁה נִצַּל בִּזְכוּת הַתֵּבָה שֶׁשָּׁטָה עַל הַיְּאוֹר)"- שְׁמוֹת רַבָּה כ)

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