Chasidut zu Jonah 4:10
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה אַתָּ֥ה חַ֙סְתָּ֙ עַל־הַקִּ֣יקָי֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־עָמַ֥לְתָּ בּ֖וֹ וְלֹ֣א גִדַּלְתּ֑וֹ שֶׁבִּן־לַ֥יְלָה הָיָ֖ה וּבִן־לַ֥יְלָה אָבָֽד׃
Da sprach der Herr: Dir ist leid um den Rizinus, mit dem du keine Mühe gehabt, und den du nicht großgezogen, der in einer Nacht entstanden und in der andern Nacht verschwunden ist.
Baal Shem Tov
Master of the Universe, You said to Jonah, "You cared about the plant, which you did not work for and you did not grow, which appeared overnight and perished overnight. And should not I care about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not yet know their right hand from their left, and many beasts as well!” -Why will you not care and show mercy on us, who have the minds of human beings?
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