ZemirosShabbos wrote on 22 Dec 2010 21:22:
i think the knife version is in Toras Avos (Slonim)
You'r right Reb ZS and Reb LV you’re also right
I saw it in toras avos. He has there both versions, but the "lo dorach al mivton hacasidus" is only on one version.
Anyway, what we see from here that even if a person is deep in the shmutz he can jump out in one second. Like the ramabm says (can remember exactly where) that like a tomena person before the mikveh is tome and a second later tohoir, the same is with our sechel, if a person thinks dirty thoughts, if he is just stopping and thinking from hakodosh boruch hu then he is clean in an instant as the famous mishna says: Omar rabby akivah ashreychem yisroel ..... mah mikveh metaher es htemeyim af hakodosh boruch hu mether es yisroel.