When G-d Punishes The Wicked

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Parshat Ha'Eizinu

WHEN G-D PUNISHES THE WICKED

"He will avenge His servants' blood. He will bring vengeance upon His foes" (Deuteronomy 32:43). The nations' hatred for the Jewish people will summon upon them G-d's well -justified zeal. Zechariah prophesied, "I was zealous for Jerusalem and Zion with a great zeal. And I burn with great anger at the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry but they helped forward the evil" (Zechariah 1:14-15).

It is a great mitzvah to rejoice when G-d takes revenge on those who curse His Name. Psalms 136 states that "G-d's kindness endures forever," not only because He "gives food to all flesh" (verse 25), but also because He "smote the firstborn of Egypt" (verse 10), "smote great kings" (verse 17), and "overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea" (verse 15).

Why is it so important to rejoice when G-d punishes evil people? Because the Torah says, "When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous shall gaze upon their fall" (Proverbs 29:16). When the wicked triumph and multiply, they increase sin in the world and thereby commit the greatest crime possible: fostering evil in a world exclusively earmarked for goodness and causing G-d's Name to be cursed and disparaged. For this, the wicked deserve to die.

Furthermore, when injustice reigns on earth- when the kingdom of evil takes control and stifles the righteous and innocent- it is only natural for a person to ask, "Where is G-d?" He may even start believing that G-d does not exist or is incapable of helping. That's why the "righteous one shall rejoice when he sees vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. So that people shall say: 'There is, indeed, a reward for the righteous; there is, indeed, a G-d who judges on earth'" (Psalms 58:11-12).

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Rabbi Meir Kahane HY"D

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