{"id":47102,"date":"2019-01-18T01:55:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T07:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=47102"},"modified":"2019-01-25T02:14:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T08:14:44","slug":"hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/hate\/","title":{"rendered":"Hate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By RABBI JOSEPH H. PROUSER<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Prouser_Joseph.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-40581 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Prouser_Joseph-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Prouser_Joseph-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Prouser_Joseph-350x350.jpg 350w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-40581 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Prouser_Joseph-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Prouser_Joseph-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Prouser_Joseph-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>Preservation of life and health is such a primary Jewish value that virtually all Commandments and religious obligations are thereby rendered secondary. The dangerously ill <em>must <\/em>eat on Yom Kippur. Emergency transportation and medical care <em>must<\/em> be provided on the Sabbath. The truly pious eagerly \u201cviolate\u201d the Sabbath under such circumstances! (See O.H. 328.) The covenantal duty of circumcision on the eighth day <em>must<\/em> be delayed if timely observance of that Commandment is medically contraindicated\u2026 and so on. We are to \u201clive by\u201d the Commandments\u2026 not die because of them! (See <em>Leviticus<\/em> 18:5.)<\/p>\n<p>There are three exceptions to this principle. The \u201ccardinal sins\u201d of murder, idolatry, and sexual immorality (incest, adultery) may not be committed even to save one\u2019s life. These are non-negotiable moral absolutes.<\/p>\n<p>How telling, therefore, that the Rabbis decry <em>Sinat Chinam<\/em> \u2013 wanton, baseless hatred \u2013 as the moral equivalent of all three cardinal sins combined: murder, idolatry, and sexual immorality (Yoma 9B). Indeed, it is to the grievous sin of wanton hate that some among the Sages attribute destruction of the second Temple and the loss of Israelite national sovereignty. Hate is self-destructive.<\/p>\n<p>Elie Wiesel called hate \u201cstupid and irrational.\u201d He added: \u201cHate produces nothing, but more hate.\u201d Jewish tradition deems hate a crime. A compound felony. An unspeakable sin.<\/p>\n<p>Non-negotiable? 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