1)

What do we learn from "Al Mah Yis'onen Adam Chai Gever Al Chata'av"?

1.

Kidushin 80b #1: Even at a time of Aninus (mourning), one must be Misgaver on (overpower) his Yetzer Ra. If not, it will be Misgaver on him.

2.

Kidushin 80b #2: This discusses one who complains about Hashem's ways. "Can a living man (justifiably) complain 1 ? Did he overcome his (temptations to) sin?!" It suffices that he is alive!

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Rashi: One should bewail his sins - they bring the evil on him!

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Ibn Ezra: This is from the root "Aven" (sin) - speaking sinful matters, like "k'Mis'onenim" (Bamidbar 11:1). A proof is "va'Yishma Hashem" (ibid.; this shows that it was spoken).

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Orchos Tzadikim (Sha'ar ha'Da'agah DH v'Atah): This is a good kind of worry. A sinner must increase sadness and bitterness of heart that he rebelled against the One who formed everything.

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Palgei Mayim #1: One who is at the level of Chai 2 , he should not complain about Hashem. Rather, he should overpower his sins. They do evil to him!

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Palgei Mayim #2: He conquers his Yetzer and overpowers it. He should not complain about afflictions that come on him, since it was explained above that everything is a decree from Hashem. Hashem is not suspected to punish unjustly!


1

Lev Eliyahu (Shemos p.77): Even if one has only a Revi'is of blood, he is in a bed like a Golem and cannot move a limb, and can swallow only a little milk, he should not complain. He should rejoice that he is alive! He should be pained over his Chata'im, and all the more so over his Mezid sins!

2

Brachos 18a-b: Tzadikim are called alive even when they are dead. "Veha'Mesim Einam Yod'im Me'umah" - Resha'im are called dead even while alive.

2)

Why is "Chata'av" written without a Yud?

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R. Avigdor: The Kesiv is singular, to teach that one should worry even about one sin. In the Midbar, Bnei Yisrael tested Hashem 10 times (Bamidbar 14:22), therefore Hashem swore about the 10 [evil] Meraglim 1 , and corresponding to them enacted 10 days of Teshuvah to bewail one's sins 2 .


1

They died promptly in an evil plague (Bamidbar 14:37). We do not find that Hashem swore about them! Perhaps he means that Hashem swore about the people who accepted the words of the 10 evil Meraglim. (PF)

2

Since our verse discusses bewailing one's sins, R. Avigdor explains why Chazal enacted 10 days for this. Or, this shows how much one must worry about one sin - a sin of [Dasan and Aviram with] the manna is called testing Hashem (Erchin 15a)! Alternatively, he expounds why it is pronounced as if it has a Yud. (PF)

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