Do not give a knife as a present - Words of Rabbi Nachman article 9

 

 

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In the name of the Baal Shem Tov o.b.m., that a knife is not given as a present, that is, that one should not give his friend a knife as a present.[1]

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[1] If this is meant to be understood, it would seem to suggest that a present should not be an object which destroys, just as it is forbidden to apply metal to stones of the Sanctuary and alter, and similarly one should not have a knife on the table when saying the grace after the meal. It is interesting to note that the Hebrew word for knife – sakin, can be permutated to its anagram: nikhsi – my possession. This would imply and suggest a different reasoning to this directive, that a knife is considered to be a personal object to be safeguarded and not given away.

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