Mentally ill/ mentally disturbed/ insane/ mad/ mental patient/ psychopath (חוֹלֵה נֶפֶשׁ, חוֹלֵה רוּחַ)
Mentally ill/ mentally disturbed/ insane/ mad/ mental patient/ psychopath (חוֹלֵה נֶפֶשׁ, חוֹלֵה רוּחַ)

Mentally ill/ mentally disturbed/ insane/ mad/ mental patient/ psychopath

He is not healthy in his soul. He is not sane in his knowledge.

("Therefore, those who are sick of the soul, I have seen that they should ask the wise, who are the physicians of the soul, and they should warn them of the evils that they consider good" - Harambam/ Preface to Masekhet Avot, Chapter 3, 325, and thus: "Whoever holds a thorny plant, that is sick with an evil spirit" - Rabbenu Yeruham, The Children of Adam and Eve, the Path A pitcher and a drum,

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Expression (Hebrew)

חוֹלֵה נֶפֶשׁ, חוֹלֵה רוּחַ

Definition (Hebrew)

אֵינוֹ בָּרִיא בְּנַפְשׁוֹ. אֵינוֹ שָׁפוּי בְּדַעֲתוֹ.

("כֵּן חוֹלֵי הַנְּפָשׁוֹת, רָאוּי לָהֶם שֶׁיִּשְׁאֲלוּ הַחֲכָמִים, אֲשֶׁר הֵם רוֹפְאֵי הַנְּפָשׁוֹת,וְיַזְהִירוּם מֵאוֹתָן הָרָעוֹת אֲשֶׁר יַחְשְׁבוּן טוֹבוֹת"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ הַקְדָּמָה לְמַסֶּכֶת אָבוֹת, הַפֶּרֶק הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, 325, וְכֵן:"מִי שֶׁאָחֲזוּ קוֹרָדֵקוּס פִּירוֹ' שֶׁהוּא חוֹלֶה מֵרוּחַ רָעָה"- רַבֵּנוּ יְרֹחָם, תּוֹלְדוֹת אָדָם וְחַוָּה נְתִיב כַּד חֵלֶק ו דַּף רִיב טוּר א)

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