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arshas Mishpatim is the Ayin Hara is a firmly established go to his friend’s wheat field in its
P of our daily halachos. concept in the Torah. Not only in the prime is considered like shooting with
blueprint of so many
Zohar or kabbalistic texts..
an arrow and physically damaging the
Especially dinei mazik
v’nizak –compensating In Parshas Vayeiru, Sarah was accused field.
a party for damage caused. What of having an ayin hara on Hagar, thus The Aruch Hashilchan (ch’’m 378,1)
is considered damage? Is damage causing her to miscarry. Later on, rules that םימש ינידב you are liable!
cause by Ayin Hara considered Rashi says that Sarah cast an ayin So while there’s a strong case for
damaging property? hara on Yshmael causing him to lose a person being liable for damage
his ability to walk. caused by his ayin hara, the pesak
Rav Shalom Schwadron a”h, the
Further along, we know Yaakov Avinu is that he doesn’t have to repay.
famous Maggid of Yerushalayim,
warned his sons to use separate Why?
recounted the following story.
entrances upon arrival in Mitzrayim
The Kehillas Yaakov explains that
Hagaon Rav Isser Zalmen Meltzer, to avoid Ayin Hara.
there’s no way for beis din to execute
zy”a, would walk home each Ayin Hara and the practical the halacha because it’s impossible
afternoon with his talmid, R’ Dovid
halachos of tashlimim to prove whose ayin hara caused the
Finkel. They would pass shuk Machne
damage.
Yehuda to reach Rav Meltzer’s home Ayin Hara has two guilty parties.
within moments. The one who attracts the evil Furthermore, R’ Moshe Feinstein zt”l
eye and the one casting the rules that while causing ayin hara is
One day, Rav Isser Zalmen
evil eye. assur, since it’s done with the eyes and
changed to a long-winded detour
not with the hands one doesn’t have
giving no reason for this change. Our sefarim have
to repay.
One particularly hot afternoon,
In addition, the gemara with the
under the unrelenting Mid-
wheat field uses a lashon of assur, not
Eastern son, R’ Dovid once
chayav, therefore one doesn’t have to
again asked Rav Isser Zalmen to take
cautioned against calling undue repay the physical damage.
their old route.
attention to our successes. It is
However, all agree that while Beis Din
When he adamantly refused, R’ Dovid brought down that one should not
cannot prosecute you for the physical
pressed him for a reason. Rav Isser mention a lottery win. Furthermore,
damage you caused, one has to be
Zalmen responded that there’s a there’s a halacha against calling
extremely careful about causing an
gemara in Bava Basra which prohibits a father and son to the Torah
ayin hara.
a man from walking past his friend’s consecutively, to avoid an ayin hara.
wheat field while the stalks are tall But more importantly, one has a on the contrary, as we see the tangible
and juicy, lest his ayin hara damage tremendous responsibility not power the eyes have, we should strive
the property. to cause an ayin hara to another to have an ayin tova on each other and
bring all good, brachos, yeshuos, and
Now, during the summer months, yid. Even just marveling at successes
refuos to us and all of Klal Yisroel!
with the watermelons a luscious red without evil intent can cause an ayin
and displayed in all their juicy glory, hara. Einy Yeshua received the blessing of
Rav Isser Zalmen didn’t want to many gedolim, such as: the Skulener
- The Sefer Chassidim firmly labels
cause an ayin hara by looking at these Rebbe zt”l, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky
a person who causes an ayin hara a
melons! Rav Isser Zalmen was famous zt”l Hgh”tz R’ Yakov Meir Shechter
gozel, a thief. Practically, in halacha, a
for his Ayin Tova. His tzeddaka and shlita, Harav HaMekubal Batzry
thief has to repay the damage caused
chesed for all were legendary. And shlita, and many more. Following
by his actions.
he was worried over an ayin hara on time-honored traditions, Einy Yeshuah
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