Were it not for jealousy, the world would not exist

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Were it not for jealousy, the world would not exist

Were it not for jealousy, the world would not exist

If there were no jealousy in the world, it could not exist. In certain cases, jealousy brings benefit by creating competition that improves human achievements, as in the saying “the jealousy of scholars increases wisdom.”

("Do not envy your sins; envy the lamp that will never know you... God said: be jealous for Me, for were it not for jealousy, the world would not exist." – Midrash Tehillim, Psalm 37)

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Expression (Hebrew)

אִלּוּלֵא הַקִּנְאָה אֵין הָעוֹלָם עוֹמֵד

Definition (Hebrew)

אִם לֹא הָיְתָה הַקִּנְאָה בָּעוֹלָם הֲרֵי שֶׁהוּא לֹא הָיָה יָכוֹל לְהִתְקַיֵּם. קִנְאָה בְּמִקְרִים מְסֻיָּמִים מְבִיאָה תּוֹעֶלֶת בְּכָךְ שֶׁבִּזְכוּתָהּ בָּאָה תַּחֲרוּת הַמְּשַׁפֶּרֶת אֶת הַהֶשֵּׂגִים הָאֱנוֹשִׁיִּים בִּבְחִינַת 'קִנְאַת סוֹפְרִים תַּרְבֶּה חָכְמָה'.

("אַל יְקַנֵּא לִבְּךָ בַּחַטָּאִים, קַנָּא לְנֵר שֶׁאֵינוֹ נִדְעַךְ לְעוֹלָם... אָמַר הקב"ה: קַנֵּא לִי, שֶׁאִלּוּלֵי הַקִּנְאָה אֵין הָעוֹלָם מִתְקַיֵּם" – מִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּים מִזְמוֹר לז)

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