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- Are there specific behaviors that make someone a rasha?
The Rambam defines the parameters of a Rasha Hilchos Eidus 10:2 and 10:4: אי זהו רשע כל שעבר עבירה שחייבין עליה מלקות זהו רשע ופסול שהרי התורה קראה למחוייב מלקות רשע שנאמר והיה אם בן הכות הרשע ואין צריך לומר מחוייב מיתת בית
- evil resha - Can you name a dog after a rasha? - Mi Yodeya
Maybe, “rot” doesn't mean to never mention a rasha's name, but to make sure that if and when it is mentioned, it is cursed Arguably, uttering a rasha's name when you summon a dog is tantamount to a curse, because you are essentially calling that person a dog
- halacha - Calling Someone a Rasha - Mi Yodeya
declaring someone a rasha should be treated in a very sensitive manner and must be backed up by an overwhelming amount of evidence the reason I say this is the second beis hamikdash was destroyed on the account of sinash chinam and therefore the construction must logically happen based on ahavas chinuam we should not be overly fond of declaring anyone a rasha unless there truly and sadly is
- How do we know the rasha would not have been redeemed?
The Rasha says mah haavodah hazot lachem, "what is this offering to you?" Thus, he has no portion in the korban, as the haggadah interprets it "to you and not to him" Meanwhile, in makkat bechorot, Hashem only skipped over the houses of those who had offered the paschal offering He would not have made it to the geulah
- mysticism kabbalah - Looking at a picture of the face of a Rasha - Mi . . .
First of all, it should be clarified that rasha means wicked person (technically just wicked, but it is a substantive) And asur (assur) means forbidden And asur (assur) means forbidden As Rabbi Yochanan says ( Megillah 28a ), it is forbidden for a man to gaze at the "tzelem demus" of a wicked man
- Is the Baal Hatanya being too harsh with his definition of Rasha?
As true definitive terms, tzaddik and rasha describe the quality of the good or evil in one’s soul Viewed in this perspective the person described above is classified as a rasha even after he repents and is pardoned, for he still retains his predisposition toward sin, and his animal soul still tends to dominate him
- words - The meaning of Tzadik - Mi Yodeya
Someone whose sins are more than his merits is a rasha Half and half, he's a benoni [=middle person] So, too, the country: If all her denizens' merits are more than their sins, she is a tzadik If their sins are more, she's a rasha And so with the world as a whole
- tzaddikim - Is it possible to become a tzaddik? - Mi Yodeya
A rasha Gomer would really lay into this guy R"L and give him or her all sorts of tochacha and mussar An incomplete rasha would stop and contemplate, but maybe the person on the phone is a doctor An incomplete tzaddik would would hear the phone but not interrupt his davening
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