Yosef gave each of his brothers one set of clothing, however he gave Binyomin five sets, Bereishis 45:22. The gemara in Megillah 17a
The Maharil Diskin questions the above remez because Binyomin
The Maharil Diskin says a chiddush that even had Binyomin ripped his clothing so as not to be different than his brothers, Yosef would be exempt from paying his clothing.
The question arises; if one is mazik someone else, but the other person does not know that he was harmed, is the first person able to pay the nizok as a gift without telling him? Lichorah, even in the case where the first person is not mechuyav to pay and he just wants to be yotzei yedei shomayim by giving a gift, it would not be allowed. This is so, since the second person would be maker tov to him, not knowing that this gift is in lieu of payment. This would constitute geneivas daas, which the gemara in Bava Metziya 58b says is forbidden. In the case of Yosef, this would be different since he was really pattur to pay as he only damaged via a grama.
This would be a good reason explaining why one may not use maaser ani for mishloach manos, since the person getting the mishloach manos would be maker tov. The Mishna Berurah (694:3) says a person may not give the first two mishloach manos for maaser sheini.
We see from the Maharil Diskin that Yosef paid the brothers despite the fact that he was only a gorem. In the case of the brothers, there was actually no stealing. What would be the case if there actually is a ganev coming to my house. May I dig a pit for the ganev to fall and possibly even die in the process?
The gemara in Meseches Derech Eretz 3; 3 says that every person should appear in one’s eyes as a potential robber, but be mechabed him like Rabban Gamliel. The story is shared that Reb Yehoshua had a person come to him. Reb Yehoshua fed him, gave him drinks, and showed him great respect. That night he led the guest to the attic to sleep and pulled away the ladder from the attic. In the middle of the night, the guest started gathering everything in the attic to steal and upon exiting the attic in the dark and not seeing that the ladder was removed, fell and broke his back. In the morning, the person complained to Reb Yehoshua and Reb Yehosh
May we be zoche to be from the people that are in the category of Kabdehu and not from the people of Chashdehu.
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