Musar for Eruvin 43:2
רבא אמר במי שמשים עצמו אכזרי על בניו ועל בני ביתו כעורב כי הא דרב אדא בר מתנא הוה קאזיל לבי רב אמרה ליה דביתהו ינוקי דידך מאי אעביד להו אמר לה מי שלימו קורמי באגמא
Raba explained: With him who can bring himself to be cruel to his children and household like a raven,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the raven's neglect of its brood; v. Keth. 49b and B.B. 8a.');"><sup>3</sup></span> as was the case with<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'like that of'.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Orchot Tzadikim
And it is necessary to be cruel in judgment in order not to favor relatives, friends and the poor, but to decide according to the law. And our Rabbis said further: "In whom do you find the words of the Torah? In him who makes himself as cruel as the raven to his children, as Rabbi Adda bar Matna who was going to the House of Study and his wife said to him, 'What shall I do for your children' (to feed them if you go to study Torah instead of to work)? He responded, 'There are vegetables in the swamp' " (Erubin 22a).
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