April 16th, 2006

Whoever prays for evil to come on his fellowman,

punishment comes on him first.

Kitzur Shulchan Orach, XXIX, 14.

3 Responses to “Divine payback”

  1. Seth Gordon says:

    Right text (although my translation says “Divine Judgement” rather than “evil”), wrong link: the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch is not the Shulchan Aruch. (“Kitzur” is Hebrew for “abbreviated”. My copy of the KSA is a single trade-paperback-size book. My copy of the SA is ten tabloid-size volumes, each one as thick as my KSA.)

  2. chippy says:

    It would be nice if the world worked this way, but where’s the evidence?
    ^^^This criticism works for a great many religious texts. e.g., karma^^^

  3. chippy says:

    “texts” should be “ideas.” My bad, b.