Zohar(Shemos 20b) As thorns are scattered among the lilies, so does G-d permit in His world the wicked to be found among the righteous, for, as without the thorns the lilies could not exist, so would the righteous go unrecognized in the world were it not for the wicked, as R. Judah said: “How are the righteous recognized? By contrast with the wicked I If it were not for the one, the other would not be known.
Sounds kind of Chrisian, like "He died for our sins" which means we need to sin to make his death meaningful. In this case, it could be understood that the more wicked people, the more the tzadikim stand out.
ReplyDeleteIt's just saying that one exists in contrast to the opposite.
DeleteLike two ends of a spectrum.
With a stretch, anything can be compared to anything else.
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