Suspected of Everything

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Suspected of Everything

A person suspected of violating all the commandments in the Torah.

("Abraham said to Isaac: This servant is suspected of all transgressions in the Torah, and deceit is in his hand, as it is said, 'Canaan, in his hand are false scales'" - Yalkut Shimoni on Torah, Parashat Chayei Sarah, remez 109; and likewise: "This is the rule: its meaning is what I told you—that one suspected of a specific matter, whether rabbinic or biblical, is suspected of every matter similar to it in prohibition, or even lighter than it" - Maimonides, Commentary on the Mishnah, tractate Bekhorot, chapter 4)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חָשׁוּד עַל הַכֹּל

Definition (Hebrew)

חָשׁוּד שֶׁעוֹבֵר עַל כָּל הַמִּצְווֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה.

("אָמַר אַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק הָעֶבֶד הַזֶּה חָשׁוּד עַל כָּל עֲבֵרוֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה וּמִרְמָה בְּיָדוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר כְּנַעַן בְּיָדוֹ מֹאזְנֵי מִרְמָה"- יַלְקוּט שִׁמְעוֹנִי תּוֹרָה פָּרָשַׁת חַיֵּי שָׂרָה רֶמֶז קָט, וְכֵן:"זֶה הַכְּלָל- עִנְיָנוֹ מָה שֶׁאָמַרְתִּי לְךָ שֶׁהֶחָשׁוּד עַל דָּבָר מְסֻיָּם בֵּין מִדַּרְבָּנָן בֵּין מִדְּאוֹרָיְתָא הֲרֵי הוּא חָשׁוּד עַל כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא כָּמוֹהוּ בְּאָסוּר אוֹ קַל מִמֶּנּוּ"- פֵּרוּשׁ הַמִּשְׁנָה לָרַמְבָּ"ם מַסֶּכֶת בְּכוֹרוֹת פֶּרֶק ד)

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