There are three whose lives are not lives: the overly merciful, the furious and the fastidious.

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There are three whose lives are not lives: the overly merciful, the furious and the fastidious.

There are three whose lives are not lives: the overly merciful, the furious and the fastidious.

Those who are excessively compassionate, angry or fussy suffer for it all their lives.

(“Our Rabbis taught: Three kinds of people — their lives are not truly lives: the overly compassionate, the hot-tempered, and the overly sensitive (or delicate-minded). And Rav Yosef said: All of these are found in me.”)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

שְׁלֹשָׁה חַיֵּיהֶן אֵינָם חַיִּים: הָרַחְמָנִין וְהָרַתְחָנִין וַאֲנִינֵי הַדַּעַת

Definition (Hebrew)

סוֹבֵל כָּל חַיָּיו מִי שֶׁמַּרְבֶּה לְרַחֵם וּלְהִצְטַעֵר, לִכְעֹס אוֹ לָחוּשׁ סְלִידָה מִתּוֹךְ רְגִישׁוּת יֶתֶר.

("תְּנוּ רַבָּנָן: שְׁלֹשָׁה חַיֵּיהֶן אֵינָם חַיִּים: הָרַחְמָנִין, וְהָרַתְחָנִין, וַאֲנִינֵי הַדַּעַת. וְאָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: כּוּלֵהוּ אִיתְנֵהוּ בִּי" – פְּסָחִים קיג ע"ב)

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