בושה SHAME: 28- 34

28. It is a mitzva to publicize evildoers.

29. One who is abashed will not readily sin.

30. One who does not have the quality of abashment, it is certain that his forefathers did not stand on Mount Sinai.

31. It is better (lit. easier or more comfortable) for a man to throw himself into a fiery furnace so as not to humiliate his fellowman in public.

32. When your friend humiliates you, agree with his words.

33. One who embarrasses (lit. whitens – because when a person is embarrassed the blood rushes out of his face) his fellowman in public, it is as if he spilled blood, and he descends to Hell and will not rise.

34. It is better (lit. easier or more comfortable) for a man to have relations with a woman who might be married than to humiliate his fellowman.

פדיון שבויים REDEEMING PRISONERS book one

book one

1. Through haughtiness of the heart, one falls into incarceration.


2. One who agrees with the non-Jews falls into their hands. Rather, one should contradict all of their words.


3. Someone who says a statement in the name of the one who said it (originator), brings redemption to the world.


4. Through redeeming prisoners, the redeemer's dispersed are gathered.


5. Someone who does not leave his house is considered as if incarcerated.


6. Through the sin of homosexuality, one becomes incarcerated.


7. Someone who has mercy on prisoners, the Holy One, Blessed be He, saves him from death.


8. Someone who is incarcerated, it is certain that his soul above is also incarcerated.


9. Someone who comes to the Tzadik and asks the Tzadik advice, and afterwards violates his advice, as a result, he becomes incarcerated.


10. One who feeds bread to the hungry, the Holy One, Blessed be He, saves him from the jailhouse.


11. One who did not fix the sins of his youth, as a result, he goes to the jail house.


12. Someone who is accustomed to performing circumcisions, or providing for the expenses of the circumcision feast for a poor person, through this, he is saved from the jail house.