Questions tagged [evil-resha]
Questions about the nature and effects of evil, and evildoers.
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What did Adam and Chava learn after eating of the Tree?
After reading this question and its answers and related discussion, I am still left with a question (so I don't think this is an exact dulicate):
Is the binary of good/evil (tov/ra) the same as right/...
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HaSatan how should it be described?
The Babylonian Talmud (Bava Bathra 16a) states that the Evil Inclincation (Yetzer ha-Ra), the Angel of Death and HaSatan are identical. The Talmud seems to distinguish between HaSatan outside man (...
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Rabbinical reaction to Milgram's experiments
Were/are there rabbis that wrote or spoke about Milgram's experiments, presenting a Torah view on the matter (the question of whether the Nazis were unique or the theory that anyone could potentially ...
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Davening for the demise of the wicked
Is it a mitzvah,permissible, forbidden to daven for a Jewish wicked person to die? If the wicked person is someone who is trying convert Jews to Christianity would that make a difference? I am looking ...
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Someone said that there's a Jewish source which claims that Satan cries when we do something bad? Does anyone know where this is from?
I've recently heard someone claim that there is a Jewish source which states that Satan cries when we do something evil.
As the question title says, does anyone know where this is coming from?
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If we think of evil as the absence of good, then how should we understand sheidim/evil spirits/demons?
Many Jewish commentators such as Rambam (Moreh Nevuchim 3:10 explains that evil doesn't have a reality of its own, but is merely a privation of good) thought that evil was merely the absence of good ...
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May you repeat the words of a rasha?
I vaguely remember reading that a rabbi ruled that the words of a rasha (wicked person) must not be repeated, no matter what they are, because he probably said them with evil intent. Is this accurate?...
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Where does Pharaoh's wickedness stem from?
The Torah brings very descriptive lineage of the Good guys (us) and the Bad guys (Eusov's Alufim, Amolek from Eisov etc) but reciting the Haggadah I was stumbled by the fact that Pharaoh's wickedness ...
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How are things such as evil eyes/dark attachments/evil handled in Jewish tradition?
While the topic isn't discussed heavily in modern Judaism (outside of the evil inclination) the idea that there are dark forces which can negatively impact and overwhelm individuals is a very real ...
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Evil spirits from HaShem
Within 1 Samuel 16 verses 14, 15, 16, 23 and 18:10, 19:9 etc.. is speaking about a ruach rah, likewise in Judges 9:23 a ruach rah is mentioned of which the verse tells us 'vayishlach Elohim וישלח ...
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How did Lavan become so evil and why wasn't he punished?
As in the previous question, the Haggadah mentions the wickedness of Lavan that surpasses the wickedness of Pharaoh.
THat wickedness seems inconsistent with the general story of the Torah - Eisov was ...
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