Hakoras haRaa

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So if there is a hakoras hatov (recognition of good) how come there is no hakoras haraa (recognition of bad and I don’t mean the excrement or some sun god). I think this is stupid. It is by far more important to recognize and detect your enemies or people who are out to get you. Every animal knows that you better smell the predator from a mile or you will be eaten in no time. But alas the culture downplays any reflection on the past. We are instructed to move forward, not to dwell on it, etc. I think this is dishonest self-servingly stupid. As nation, a culture or an individual you don’t have a more important task but to remember the evil. And no it is not some mythological Amolek, these are the people who have done damage yesterday, decade ago, century ago. We know their names and we should bust them as often as possible. Never be tired to dwell on the past, don’t move forward without settling the old scores.

P.S. Take Berdichev as an example, when you say Berdichev everyone thinks of love, Levi Yitzhokel, etc. Elu may, there were two centuries of Reb Duvidls in Berdichev and like Der Nister showed they were nothing but cold blooded murderers. And they still managed to get respectable funerals. This has to stop.