Good in Return for Good

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Good in Return for Good

Doing a good deed for someone who previously did you good.

("Behold, it says: 'One who repays evil for good—evil will never depart from his house.' It does not depart from his house unless it came to him first. Thus you learn that even one who repays evil for evil, evil comes to his house, only that this one departs and this one does not depart. And correspondingly you say: one who repays good for evil—good will never depart from his house. And you cannot say that one who repays good for good—good will depart, for the measure of good is greater" - Mishnat Rabbi Eliezer, Parashah 4, 83).

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טוֹבָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה

Definition (Hebrew)

עֲשִׂיַּית דָּבָר טוֹב ע"י אָדָם לְמִי שֶׁעָשָׂה לוֹ טוֹב קֹודֶם לָכֵן.

("הֲרֵי הוּא אוֹמֵר:'מֵשִׁיב רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה לֹא תָמוּשׁ רָעָה מִבֵּיתוֹ. אֵינָהּ מֹשֶׁה מִבֵּיתוֹ אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן בָּאָה אֵלָיו תְּחִלָּה. הָא לָמַדְתָּ, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ מֵשִׁיב רָעָה תַּחַת רָעָה, הָרָעָה בָּאָה לְבֵיתוֹ, אֶלָּא שֶׁזּוֹ תָּמוּשׁ וְזוֹ לֹא תָּמוּשׁ. וּכְנֶגְדּוֹ אַתָּה אוֹמֵר מֵשִׁיב טוֹבָה תַּחַת רָעָה לֹא תָּמוּשׁ טוֹבָה מִבֵּיתוֹ. וְאֵין אַתָּה יָכוֹל לוֹמַר מֵשִׁיב טוֹבָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה תָּמוּשׁ טוֹבָה, שֶׁמִּדַּת הַטּוֹב מְרֻבָּה "- מִשְׁנַת רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר פָּרָשָׁה ד, 83).

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