Musar for Sanhedrin 116:2
ורבי עקיבא מוטב לאוקמיה באשת אביו דאיקרי ערות אביו לאפוקי אחות אביו דשאר אביו איקרי ערות אביו לא איקרי
Does it not [presumably] mean his father's sister on her mother's side [too]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This refutes R. Eliezer's ruling. [Belonging to the pre-Sinaitic era, the Patriarchs were accounted Noachians.] ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
ויאמר לרשע. Even raising one's hand without actually striking makes one a wicked person.
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Orchot Tzadikim
He who smites his companion and causes him pain, whether it be in money matters or through fraudulent words, there is no atonement for him unless he can appease his companion. And the Day of Atonement atones only for sins that are between man and God. But as for sins between him and his fellow man, he must first appease him (Yoma 85b). He who lifts his hand against his companion, even though he did not smite him, is called a wicked man (Sanh. 58b), and he must ask forgiveness of him: only thus can he do atonement.
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