The wicked and the righteous
The *Midrash says, '"And it was evening" these are the deeds of the wicked, "and it was morning" these are the deeds of the *Tzaddikim...'
I heard my master *ZT'L [the Baal Shem Tov] explain this according to what it says in *Pirkei Avos 'There are four traits of those who give charity...' The question on this *Mishnah is well known: How can you say that there are four? The one who doesn't give and doesn't want others to give is not from those who 'give' charity. The same is with the other teaching there about the four traits of those who go to the *Beis Midrash to learn. [The who neither goes nor learns has no real relationship to the Beis Midrash.
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