מפני שסורו רע

סוֹרm. (= סאור, v. סִיאוּר) fermentation, froth, leaven; trnsf. (cmp. שְׂאוֹר, עִיסָה a. חָסַץ) germ, original nature, character. Snh.92b סו̇רו̇ his haughty nature; (oth. opin.: its (the kilns) froth), v. מָקַק a. מָרַק. Kidd.82a כל שעסקיו … סורו רע he who has a business which brings him in contact with women, has bad leaven in him (or else he would not have chosen such a trade). Hor.13a מפני שסוֹרָן רע because they (the mice) are of a mischievous nature. B. Mets.59b the Torah cautions repeatedly against illtreating the proselyte (גֵּר), מפני שסורו רע because his original character is bad (into which ill treatment might cause him to relapse). Kidd.17b שמא יחזור לסורו lest he (the proselyte) relapse, v. קִילְקוּל. Gen. R. s. 70 היה חוזר לסורו he (Aquila) might have gone back to his evil ways (to heathenism); v. סִיאוּר. Ib. s. 74, end (expl. למקומו, Gen. 32:1) לסורו to his evil manners (sensual pleasures). Cant. R. to II, 5; a. e.Pl. סוֹרִים degenerate, bad people. Num. R. s. 3 אפי׳ סוֹרֵיהֶןוכ׳ even the bad among them are charitable; (Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 בּוֹרִים שבהם).

סוֹרm. (= סאור, v. סִיאוּר) fermentation, froth, leaven; trnsf. (cmp. שְׂאוֹר, עִיסָה a. חָסַץ) germ, original nature, character. Snh.92b סו̇רו̇ his haughty nature; (oth. opin.: its (the kilns) froth), v. מָקַק a. מָרַק. Kidd.82a כל שעסקיו … סורו רע he who has a business which brings him in contact with women, has bad leaven in him (or else he would not have chosen such a trade). Hor.13a מפני שסוֹרָן רע because they (the mice) are of a mischievous nature. B. Mets.59b the Torah cautions repeatedly against illtreating the proselyte (גֵּר), מפני שסורו רע because his original character is bad (into which ill treatment might cause him to relapse). Kidd.17b שמא יחזור לסורו lest he (the proselyte) relapse, v. קִילְקוּל. Gen. R. s. 70 היה חוזר לסורו he (Aquila) might have gone back to his evil ways (to heathenism); v. סִיאוּר. Ib. s. 74, end (expl. למקומו, Gen. 32:1) לסורו to his evil manners (sensual pleasures). Cant. R. to II, 5; a. e.Pl. סוֹרִים degenerate, bad people. Num. R. s. 3 אפי׳ סוֹרֵיהֶןוכ׳ even the bad among them are charitable; (Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 בּוֹרִים שבהם).