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By Malka Touger

Negative Commandment 18

You shall not listen to a "Maysit," nor soften your hatred of him

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Deuteronomy 13:9 "Nor (shall you) listen to him"

The Musat must show hatred towards the Maysit.

The Torah wants us to understand that the only way to ensure that the Maysit will not be able to convince others to worship idols is to show that we do not love him (Negative Mitzvah 17) and that we do, indeed, hate him.

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Malka Touger is a world-renowned teacher and lecturer. She has authored and co-authored several best-selling books and produced a number of educational videos in both English and Hebrew. She lives in Har Nof, Jerusalem, with her husband, Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, and their children.

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