ותצא דינה בת לאה. זש"ה בז לרעהו חסר לב (משלי יא יב), מי שהוא מבזה את רעהו נקרא חסר לב. ואם היה אותו האיש שהוא מתבזה בעל דעה ותבונה נותן ידו על פיו ומחריש, שנאמר ואיש תבונות יחריש (שם), בז לרעהו חסר לב זה חמור אבי שכם שאמר שכם בני חשקה נפשו בבתכם (בראשית לד ח), ואיש תבונות יחריש, זה יעקב, שנאמר וחריש יעקב עד בואם (שם שם ה), מתוך מה על ידי הקלקלה הזו ותצא דינה בת לאה.
(Gen. 34:1:) NOW LEAH'S DAUGHTER DINAH … WENT OUT. This text is related (to Prov. 11:12): ONE WHO DESPISES HIS NEIGHBOR IS LACKING IN SENSE. Whoever scorns his neighbor is called LACKING IN SENSE. But, if that same person who was despised was a person of knowledge and understanding, he would put his hand over his mouth and be silent. Thus it is stated (ibid., cont.): BUT A PERSON OF UNDERSTANDING WILL KEEP SILENT. (Prov. 11:12:) ONE WHO DESPISES HIS NEIGHBOR IS LACKING IN SENSE. This is Hamor,51A name which means “ass” in Hebrew. the father of Shechem, who said (in Gen. 34:8): THE SOUL OF MY SON, SHECHEM, LONGS FOR YOUR DAUGHTER. (Prov. 11:12, cont.:) BUT A PERSON OF UNDERSTANDING WILL KEEP SILENT. This is Jacob of whom it is stated (in Gen. 34:5): SO JACOB KEPT SILENCE UNTIL THEY CAME. For what reason? On account of this corruption (in Gen. 34:1-2): NOW LEAH'S DAUGHTER DINAH, < WHOM SHE HAD BORNE TO JACOB > WENT OUT…. < THEN SHECHEM BEN HAMOR THE HIVITE, THE PRINCE OF THE LAND, SAW HER. SO HE TOOK HER, LAY WITH HER, AND VIOLATED HER >.
ותצא דינה בת לאה. זש"ה בז לרעהו חסר לב (משלי יא יב), מי שהוא מבזה את רעהו נקרא חסר לב. ואם היה אותו האיש שהוא מתבזה בעל דעה ותבונה נותן ידו על פיו ומחריש, שנאמר ואיש תבונות יחריש (שם), בז לרעהו חסר לב זה חמור אבי שכם שאמר שכם בני חשקה נפשו בבתכם (בראשית לד ח), ואיש תבונות יחריש, זה יעקב, שנאמר וחריש יעקב עד בואם (שם שם ה), מתוך מה על ידי הקלקלה הזו ותצא דינה בת לאה.
(Gen. 34:1:) NOW LEAH'S DAUGHTER DINAH … WENT OUT. This text is related (to Prov. 11:12): ONE WHO DESPISES HIS NEIGHBOR IS LACKING IN SENSE. Whoever scorns his neighbor is called LACKING IN SENSE. But, if that same person who was despised was a person of knowledge and understanding, he would put his hand over his mouth and be silent. Thus it is stated (ibid., cont.): BUT A PERSON OF UNDERSTANDING WILL KEEP SILENT. (Prov. 11:12:) ONE WHO DESPISES HIS NEIGHBOR IS LACKING IN SENSE. This is Hamor,51A name which means “ass” in Hebrew. the father of Shechem, who said (in Gen. 34:8): THE SOUL OF MY SON, SHECHEM, LONGS FOR YOUR DAUGHTER. (Prov. 11:12, cont.:) BUT A PERSON OF UNDERSTANDING WILL KEEP SILENT. This is Jacob of whom it is stated (in Gen. 34:5): SO JACOB KEPT SILENCE UNTIL THEY CAME. For what reason? On account of this corruption (in Gen. 34:1-2): NOW LEAH'S DAUGHTER DINAH, < WHOM SHE HAD BORNE TO JACOB > WENT OUT…. < THEN SHECHEM BEN HAMOR THE HIVITE, THE PRINCE OF THE LAND, SAW HER. SO HE TOOK HER, LAY WITH HER, AND VIOLATED HER >.