ANGER “Reishit goyim Amalek – Amalek is foremost among the nations.” (Bam 24:20) R’ Aharon Roth (“Reb Ahrele”) z”l writes: The initials of the above phrase spell “rega” – “a moment,” as in the verse (Tehilim 30:6), “Ki rega be’apo” – “His anger lasts but a moment.” Thus, this verse teaches that anger (alluded to by Amalek, foremost among the nations) is foremost among bad character traits. The verse continues, “And its end will be eternal destruction.” If one can delay his anger (i.e., push it off until the “end”), he will succeed in destroying it entirely. As it says in Pirkei avos 5:14 we see that a person who is slow to anger and quick to calm is a chossid (pious man), however one who can not delay his anger and is hard to calm is a wicked man! We should all be slow to anger and quick to calm and we will all be Chassidim… cool hey…
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