הַסּוֹטֵר לֹעוֹ שֶׁל חֲבֵרוֹ כְּאִלּוּ סוֹטֵר לֹעוֹ שֶׁל שְׁכִינָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

The one who slaps his friend in the face is like the one who slaps his neighbor in the face.

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A person who slaps another person's face is like slapping the Shekinah itself, for man was created in the image of God.

("And Rabbi Hanina said: He who smote the mouth of Israel is as if he smote the mouth of the Shekinah" - Sanhedrin Nach. 2b)