Amizade

24 An ish of many companions may come to ruin,

but there is an ohev (friend) that sticketh closer than a brother.

24 An ish of many companions may come to ruin,

but there is an ohev (friend) that sticketh closer than a brother.

17 The re’a (friend) loveth at all times,

and a brother is born for tzarah (adversity).

17 The re’a (friend) loveth at all times,

and a brother is born for tzarah (adversity).

9 He that covereth a peysha (transgression) seeketh love;

but he that repeateth a matter separateth the best of friends.

17 Barzel (iron) sharpeneth barzel (iron);

so one ish sharpeneth another.

17 Barzel (iron) sharpeneth barzel (iron);

so one ish sharpeneth another.

9 Shemen and ketoret rejoice the lev;

so doth the sweet discourse of a re’a (friend) from an atzat nefesh (a counselling of the soul).

9 Shemen and ketoret rejoice the lev;

so doth the sweet discourse of a re’a (friend) from an atzat nefesh (a counselling of the soul).

10 Thine own re’a (friend),

and the re’a avicha, forsake not;

neither go into thy brotherʼs bais in the yom of thy calamity;

for better is a shakhen (neighbor) that is near than a brother far off.

10 Thine own re’a (friend),

and the re’a avicha, forsake not;

neither go into thy brotherʼs bais in the yom of thy calamity;

for better is a shakhen (neighbor) that is near than a brother far off.

5 Open tovah tokhakhat (good, constructive reproof)

is better than secret ahavah.

6 Ne’emanim (faithful) are the wounds of an ohev (friend);

but deceitful the neshikot (kisses) of an enemy.

20 He that walketh with chachamim shall be wise,

but a companion of kesilim (fools) shall come to harm.

28 A perverse ish soweth madon (strife, dissension),

and a whisperer separateth close friends.

24 Make no friendship with a ba’al af (angry man),

and with an ish chemot (man of wrath) thou shalt not go,

25 Lest thou learn his orkhot (ways),

and take a mokesh (snare) for thy nefesh.

13 Ahavah (agape) gedolah than this no one has, that someone lay down his neshamah for his chaverim.*

13 Ahavah (agape) gedolah than this no one has, that someone lay down his neshamah for his chaverim.*

15 No longer do I call you avadim, because the eved does not have da’as of what his Adon is doing. But you I have called chaverim, because all things which I heard from HaAv of me, of all these things I gave you da’as.*

12 This is my mitzvah for you, that you have ahavah (agape) one for the other, as I have ahavah (agape) for you.

10 Show mishpochah (family) affection to one another in ahavah shel achvah (brotherly love). Be first in esteeming one another, in showing mutual respect.

11 For I am longing to see you, that I may impart to you some mattanah ruchanit (spiritual gift) for the tachlis (purpose) of imparting chizzuk (strengthening, encouragement) to you and be mechazek (be strengthened spiritually); 12 Or rather, so that there may be mutual chizzuk (strengthening, encouragement) among you through each otherʼs emunah (faith), both yours and mine.

7 Chaverim, let us have ahavah one for another, because ahavah is of Hashem, and everyone having ahavah has been born of Hashem and has da’as of Hashem.

11 Chaverim, if Hashem so had ahavah for us, also we ought to have ahavah one for another. 12 No one has ever beheld Hashem. If we have ahavah one for another, G-d makes His ma’on in us and the Ahavas Hashem in us has been made shleimah.

21 And this mitzvah we have from Him that the one having ahavah for Hashem should have ahavah also for the Ach b’Moshiach of him.

1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Sha’ul, that the nefesh Yonatan was kashur (tied together) with the nefesh Dovid, and Yonatan loved him as his own nefesh. 2 And Sha’ul drafted him that day, and would let him return no more to the bais aviv. 3 Then Yonatan and Dovid made a brit (covenant), because he loved him as his own nefesh.

3 Then Yonatan and Dovid made a brit (covenant), because he loved him as his own nefesh.

1 And Dovid said, Is there yet any that is left of the Bais Sha’ul, that I may show him chesed for the sake of Yonatan?

16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy G-d shall be Elohai; 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. Hashem do so to me, and more also, if anything but HaMavet part thee and me.

23 And the Kitvei Hakodesh was fulfilled, Avraham Avinu V’HE’EMIN B’HASHEM V’YACHSHEVEHA LO TZEDAKAH* (believed Hashem and it was accounted to him for righteousness). He was even called "Ohev Hashem"* ("Friend of G-d").

14 To him that is afflicted, chesed should be shown from his friend;

otherwise, he forsaketh the fear of Shaddai.

4 No’efot (adulterers)! Do you not have da’as that to have shaichus (closeness, friendship, intimacy) with the Olam Hazeh is eyvah im Hashem (enmity with G-d)? Therefore, whoever chooses to make the Olam Hazeh his Oihev is made an Oyev (Enemy) of Hashem.*

9 Two are better than one because they have a sachar tov for their amal. 10 For if they fall, the echad will lift up his partner, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

10 For if they fall, the echad will lift up his partner, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

12 Though echad may be overpowered, shnayim shall withstand him; and a khoot hameshulash (threefold cord) is not quickly broken.

9 Two are better than one because they have a sachar tov for their amal.

1 (Shir HaMa’alot, of Dovid)

Hinei, mah tov umah na’im shevet achim gahm yachad!

(how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity)!

1 (Shir HaMa’alot, of Dovid)

Hinei, mah tov umah na’im shevet achim gahm yachad!

(how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity)!

2 It is like the precious shemen upon the rosh,

that ran down upon the beard,

even Aharonʼs beard;

that went down to the collar of his robes;

3 As the tal of Chermon,

and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Tziyon;

for there Hashem commanded the brocha,

even Chayyim Ad Olam.

6 Avi yetomim (father of orphans), and a dayan (judge) of almanot (widows),

is Elohim in His Ma’on Kodesh.

19 KABEID ES AVICHA VES IMMECHA,* V’AHAVTA L’REACHA KAMOCHA* (Honor your father and your mother, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself).

33 Do not fall under a delusion. "Bad chavrusashaft (association, influence or hashpa’ah) corrupts good midos."

33 Do not fall under a delusion. "Bad chavrusashaft (association, influence or hashpa’ah) corrupts good midos."