02-27-2019, 10:16 PM
At 30:00-30:33, I hear it as "Harcheik Mishachei, Ra". Can someone help me with the correct Hebrew translation/English transliteration?
Who Was The Ba'al Shem Tov? Founder of Hasidism Jewish History Lecture Dr. Henry Abramson
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I was leisurely studying Jewish history through youtube and I encountered this video about the Baal Shem Tov. In this video (at time 30:00-30:33), a teaching of the Baal Shem Tov spoke to my heart. I'd been avoiding people because of the ideology of staying away from negative people. It's somewhat a common thinking nowadays and it was surprising it was in a mishnah of Pirke Avot "separate yourself from a bad neighbor". But the Baal Shem Tov, contradicts this saying the comma was misplaced and the correct meaning is: "If you distance yourself from a neighbor, that's a bad thing."
I'm not a Hebrew speaker but I am familiar with the alphabet and some words, and can read and write Hebrew. However, I am not able to figure out the Hebrew of what the Baal Shem Tov said. I like to know the original Hebrew reference in the Pirke Avot and study more about it. In the video, I hear it as "Harkeych Mishachei, Ra". Can someone help me with the correct Hebrew translation/transliteration?
Who Was The Ba'al Shem Tov? Founder of Hasidism Jewish History Lecture Dr. Henry Abramson
details:
I was leisurely studying Jewish history through youtube and I encountered this video about the Baal Shem Tov. In this video (at time 30:00-30:33), a teaching of the Baal Shem Tov spoke to my heart. I'd been avoiding people because of the ideology of staying away from negative people. It's somewhat a common thinking nowadays and it was surprising it was in a mishnah of Pirke Avot "separate yourself from a bad neighbor". But the Baal Shem Tov, contradicts this saying the comma was misplaced and the correct meaning is: "If you distance yourself from a neighbor, that's a bad thing."
I'm not a Hebrew speaker but I am familiar with the alphabet and some words, and can read and write Hebrew. However, I am not able to figure out the Hebrew of what the Baal Shem Tov said. I like to know the original Hebrew reference in the Pirke Avot and study more about it. In the video, I hear it as "Harkeych Mishachei, Ra". Can someone help me with the correct Hebrew translation/transliteration?