Jewish%20thought for Rosh Hashanah 33:13

תנא דבי רבי ישמעאל מעביר ראשון ראשון וכן היא המדה אמר רבא ועון עצמו אינו נמחק דאי איכא רובא עונות מחשיב בהדייהו

who makes himself unduly feared by the community for purposes other than religious.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., not merely to make them keep the commandments.');">²³</span> Rab Judah said in the name of Rab: Any communal leader who makes himself unduly feared by the community for purposes other than religious will never have a scholar for a son, as it says, Therefore if men fear him, he shall not see [among his sons] any wise of heart.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job XXXVII, 24. E.V. Men do therefore fear Him; He regardeth not any that are wise of heart.');">²⁴</span> 'Beth Hillel say: He that abounds in grace inclines [the scales] to grace'.

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