Mei HaShiloach · Volume I, Writings, Proverbs, Chapter 12
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לא יחרך רמיה צידו. היינו בעת שהרמאי מרמה את חבירו אין לו שום חריכה ועיכב מלרמאות אותו, היינו שיבין שהצדק עם חבירו, ורק ידמה לו שהצדק אתו בכל ואינו נותן שום זכות לחבירו, ולכן אינו מכיר בעצמו שרצונו לרמאות אותו. והון אדם יקר חרוץ, היינו ההון של אדם יקר, הוא פגום בעיניו כי חרוץ הוא מלשון חריץ, היינו שהוא פגום בעיניו אף שהונו הוא בכשרות ואף כשידין עם חבירו יצא מב"ד זכאי, אעפ"כ אינו בנייחא מצד עצמו וחושש תמיד שלא בא עדיין לשלמות ופן נמצא בו רמיה.
“The deceitful man does not roast that which he has taken from the hunt, but only what has been attained by perseverance is precious to man.” (Mishlei, 12:27) This means, at the time when a deceitful man is about to cheat his fellow, his conscience does not burn and he does not prevent himself from cheating him. That is to say, he doesn’t understand that his fellow is in the right, rather he has convinced himself that he is right about everything, and does not give any merit to his fellow. Therefore he does not realize that it is his intention to cheat him. “Only what has been attained by perseverance is precious to man,” this means something valuable to a precious man is deficient in his eyes. This is because the word for perseverance, or diligent work, charutz in Hebrew, is related to the word chareetz or crack, meaning that the wealth is somehow “cracked” or deficient, even though it has been achieved in an honest way. Then when he emerges from the trial victorious over his fellow, it still does not sit well with him, and he constantly wonders that he is still somehow incomplete and perhaps harbors deceit within him.
לא יחרך רמיה צידו. היינו בעת שהרמאי מרמה את חבירו אין לו שום חריכה ועיכב מלרמאות אותו, היינו שיבין שהצדק עם חבירו, ורק ידמה לו שהצדק אתו בכל ואינו נותן שום זכות לחבירו, ולכן אינו מכיר בעצמו שרצונו לרמאות אותו. והון אדם יקר חרוץ, היינו ההון של אדם יקר, הוא פגום בעיניו כי חרוץ הוא מלשון חריץ, היינו שהוא פגום בעיניו אף שהונו הוא בכשרות ואף כשידין עם חבירו יצא מב"ד זכאי, אעפ"כ אינו בנייחא מצד עצמו וחושש תמיד שלא בא עדיין לשלמות ופן נמצא בו רמיה.
“The deceitful man does not roast that which he has taken from the hunt, but only what has been attained by perseverance is precious to man.” (Mishlei, 12:27)
This means, at the time when a deceitful man is about to cheat his fellow, his conscience does not burn and he does not prevent himself from cheating him. That is to say, he doesn’t understand that his fellow is in the right, rather he has convinced himself that he is right about everything, and does not give any merit to his fellow. Therefore he does not realize that it is his intention to cheat him. “Only what has been attained by perseverance is precious to man,” this means something valuable to a precious man is deficient in his eyes. This is because the word for perseverance, or diligent work, charutz in Hebrew, is related to the word chareetz or crack, meaning that the wealth is somehow “cracked” or deficient, even though it has been achieved in an honest way. Then when he emerges from the trial victorious over his fellow, it still does not sit well with him, and he constantly wonders that he is still somehow incomplete and perhaps harbors deceit within him.