시편 37:10의 Chasidut

In Psalms it is written, Ve-od me’at ve-ain rasha, which literally means, “A little bit [of time] and there will be no more evil” (Ps. 37:10). However, Chasidim interpret the verse to mean that within every person “there is a little bit that is not evil.” Even when one commits many sins and it seems that the person is entirely corrupt there is a little bit that is faultless. A small part of the sinner always wanted and still desires holiness. This od me’at, “little bit,” is the voice of the yechidah. In Yiddish, this is called the pintele yid, the small and indestructible Jewish spark of faith.