sinas chinam
does it mean baseless hate?
hating for no reason?
huh?
i mean there all kind of horrible things people do, but the are reasons for it.
doing something or hating without a reason, doesn't sound like an aveira, is sound like a reaction from the mentally imbalanced.
can anyone explain why would someone normal have sinas chinam?

1. See Rashi Shabbat 32b for a general definition of sinas chinam.

2. See Kli Yakar Breishis 26:19 for a different definition of sinas chinam which destroyed the Beis Hamikdash.

To benefit our readers, is it possible to tell us what it is written in those places?

Thanks

Could i get an english translation please? Some of us are still learning how to learn!

Maybe after Tisha Bav. Right now (Erev Tisha Bav after chatzos) it is forbidden to learn Torah.

Machshovo Tova wrote:


rashi explains that it is a baseless hatred...it was one where it was not permitted to hate the fellow, for he did not commit any sin (rashi elsewhere says 'chinam min hamitzvos)

keli yakar says that it was hatred based on trivial stuff...even when they had no real connection one to the other.....it was all a ploy and a ruse of the Satan to cause them to stumble.

thanks for the question

may we be zoche to ahavas chinam