Musar for Shabbat 266:15
פשיטא מדקא מחללי עליה שבתא סכנה הוא מהו דתימא האי דם מיפקד פקיד קמ"ל חבורי מיחבר
R. Ashi demurred: Of an adult it is explicitly stated, and the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, [that soul shall be cut off from his people]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XVII, 14; v. p. 665, n. 1. Why then state it here? ');"><sup>28</sup></span> Rather said R. Ashi: In truth it means the surgeon: e.g., if he came at twilight on the Sabbath, and they warned him, 'you have no time,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To perform the whole (if the circumcision before the day ends. ');"><sup>29</sup></span>
Mesilat Yesharim
Walking in His ways - this includes all matters of uprightness and correction of character traits. This is what our sages of blessed memory explained (Shab.133b) "just as He is merciful, be also merciful..." The general principle of all this is for one to conduct all of his traits in all the variety of his deeds according to what is just and ethical.
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