## Sefer HaMiddot, Punishment

###### Sefer HaMiddot, Punishment 1
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א. לִפְעָמִים כְּשֶׁאָדָם עוֹשֶׂה מִצְוָה, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַעֲנִישׁ אוֹתוֹ, זֶה מֵחֲמַת שֶׁלֹּא עָשָׂה מִצְוָה כָּזֶה, כְּשֶׁבָּאָה לְיָדוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person is sometimes punished even in the performance of a *mitzvah.* This is because, previously, he passed up an opportunity to fulfill just such a *mitzvah.*


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Punishment 2
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ב. לִפְעָמִים דָּנִין אֶת הָאָדָם עַל פִּיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person sometimes unknowingly passes judgment on himself [by being asked to select a fitting punishment for someone else].


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Punishment 3
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ג. לִפְעָמִים הָאָדָם. נֶהֱרָג, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהָיָה יָכוֹל לְהַמְלִיץ בְּעַד אֶחָד, שֶׁשּׂוֹנְאִין אוֹתוֹ בְּחִנָּם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
There are times when a person is killed because he failed to speak out on behalf of someone who is unjustly despised.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Punishment 4
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ד. לִפְעָמִים הָאָדָם נֶעֱנָשׁ, עַל שֶׁפָּשַׁע בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ, אוֹ שֶׁנִּגְזַר גְּזֵרָה עַל אַנְשֵׁי מְקוֹמוֹ אוֹ עַל עַמּוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person will sometimes be punished for having engaged in some illegal business practice, or because [he has been included in] a harsh decree passed against his neighbors or nation.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Punishment 5
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ה. הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְמַהֵר לְהִפָּרַע מִכְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה עַל יְדֵי כְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
The Holy One hastens to exact punishment from an ungrateful person, punishing him at the hands of another ingrate.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Punishment 6
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ו. מִי שֶׁכֶּלֶב נָשַׁךְ אוֹתוֹ, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁקִּבֵּל לָשׁוֹן הָרָע, אוֹ שֶׁסִּפֵּר לָשׁוֹן הָרָע.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Aperson bitten by a dog clearly has either accepted malicious gossip or spoken it.