Why Does Hatred Hurt the Person Who Hates First?
Why can carrying hatred become a source of pain for the person who holds it, even before it affects anyone else?
This Hagut Yosef essay reflects on love, hatred, and interpersonal responsibility. The source describes hatred as an inner state that can fill the hater’s own day with distress, while love can enlarge one’s concern for others. The lesson is presented as Torah-based moral reflection rather than a clinical psychological claim, and sensitive historical material in the source is not used here to generalize about suffering.