Suspecting the innocent/ to suspect the innocent (an honest person)

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Suspecting the innocent/ to suspect the innocent (an honest person)

He cast envy upon an upright man. It is as if a good man had done an evil deed (kosher in the question means: good people and the varieties).

("Anyone who suspects the innocent is punished in his own body"—Yoma 19b, and likewise: "The genius, the local rabbi, was very impressed by his words, and was distressed that he had suspected the innocent, and asked the young man for forgiveness"—Rav Ovadia Yosef / Anaf Etz Avot, 143; likewise: "It was made clear to him that he had suspected the innocent. That the cantor had been in a hurry because of his son, who was wasting away in illness"—Y. L. Peretz / Neshamot Ilmut, 64; and likewise: "Because of a bewildered state of mind, I diverted my attention in my prayer, and I knew that the punishment was for my suspecting the innocent, that those who descend to Gehinnom are"—Agnon / Ir u-Melo'ah, 430; and likewise: "Do not suspect the innocent, for behold, to honor him, the honor of the standard-bearer, he removed his kippah from his head"—Hayyim Ba'er / Notzot, 106)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חֲשָׁד בִּכְשֵׁרִים

Definition (Hebrew)

הֵטִיל חֲשָׁד בְּאָדָם יָשָׁר. דִּימָּה כִּי אָדָם טוֹב עָשָׂה מַעֲשֶׂה רַע (כְּשֵׁרִים בְּהַשְׁאָלָה מַשְׁמָע: אֲנָשִׁים טוֹבִים וְהַגְּוָנִים).

("כָּל הַחוֹשֵׁד בִּכְשֵׁרִים לוֹקֶה בְּגוּפוֹ"- יוֹמָא יט ע"ב, וְכֵן:"הַגָּאוֹן מָרָא דְּאַתְרָא הִתְרַשֵּׁם מְאוֹד מִדְּבָרָיו, וְהִצְטַעֵר עַל שֶׁחָשַׁד בִּכְשֵׁרִים, וִיבַקֵּשׁ אֶת סְלִיחַת הָאַבְרֵךְ"- הָרַב עוֹבַדְיָה יוֹסֵף/ עֲנַף עֵץ אָבוֹת, קמג, כֵּן:"הֻבְרַר לוֹ, שֶׁחָשַׁד בִּכְשֵׁרִים. שהש"ץ נֶחְפַּז לִבְנוֹ הַמִּתְהַפֵּךְ בְּחָלָיו"- י.ל.פֶּרֶץ/ נְשָׁמוֹת אִלְּמוּת, קַד, וְכֵן:"מֵחֲמַת תִּמְהוֹן לֵבָב הִסַּחְתִּי אֶת דַּעְתִּי בִּתְפִלָּתִי וְיָדַעְתִּי שֶׁעֹנֶשׁ הוּא עַל שֶׁאֲנִי חוֹשֵׁד בִּכְשֵׁרִים שֶׁיּוֹרְדֵי גֵּיהִנּוֹם הֵם"- עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 430, וְכֵן:"אַל יַחֲשֹׁד בִּכְשֵׁרִים, שֶׁהֲרֵי לִכְבוֹדוֹ, כְּבוֹד רֹאשׁ הַדֶּגֶל, הֵסִיר כִּפָּתוֹ מֵרֹאשׁוֹ"- חַיִּים בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 106)

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