Sinning and causing other to sin/ sinning and causing the multitude to sin (חוֹטֵא וּמַחֲטִיא)
Sinning and causing other to sin/ sinning and causing the multitude to sin (חוֹטֵא וּמַחֲטִיא)

Sinning and causing other to sin/ sinning and causing the multitude to sin

An evil person who influences those around him to evil. A sinner who also causes others to sin.

("And he will give Israel up for the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned and who made Israel sin" - 1 Kings 16 (the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam's wife), and so: "So I will take from you all who sin and cause many to sin, there is no one in his hand to make atonement" - Sota 44a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חוֹטֵא וּמַחֲטִיא

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם רַע שֶׁמַּשְׁפִּיעַ לְרָעָה עַל הַסּוֹבְבִים אוֹתוֹ. חוֹטֵא שֶׁמֵּבִיא גַּם אֶת הָאֲחֵרִים לַחְטֹא.

("וְיִתֵּן אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּגְלַל חַטֹּאות יָרָבְעָם אֲשֶׁר חָטָא וַאֲשֶׁר הֶחֱטִיא אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל"- מְלָכִים א יָד טז (נְבוּאַת אֲחִיָּה הַשִּׁילוֹנִי לְאֵשֶׁת יָרָבְעָם), וְכֵן:"כָּךְ מִקּוֹבְלָנִי מִמְּךָ כָּל הַחוֹטֵא וּמַחְטִיא אֶת הָרַבִּים אֵין מַסְפִּיקִין בְּיָדוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת תְּשׁוּבָה"-סוֹטָה מז ע"א)

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