Yes, this is the second week in a row that I've written a "questions only" article. Unlike last time, I plan on writing Part 2 (for paid subscribers). I published this today because I'll be traveling.
This seems to be related to your recent post regarding the scope of the attribution of the brother's sale of Yosef to God.
Off the bat, I would say that Shadal means righteous vis a vis the particular harm someone seeks to inflict on them.
His position seems to align with that espoused by Chovos hal'vovos (Sha'ar habitachon) and Chinuch (421) that a person cannot harm or benefit another unless the fellow has it coming due to sin or earned via meritorious behavior.
Personally, I've always had a hard time with that approach and am somewhat taken aback to see Shadal's apparent embrace of it.
This seems to be related to your recent post regarding the scope of the attribution of the brother's sale of Yosef to God.
Off the bat, I would say that Shadal means righteous vis a vis the particular harm someone seeks to inflict on them.
His position seems to align with that espoused by Chovos hal'vovos (Sha'ar habitachon) and Chinuch (421) that a person cannot harm or benefit another unless the fellow has it coming due to sin or earned via meritorious behavior.
Personally, I've always had a hard time with that approach and am somewhat taken aback to see Shadal's apparent embrace of it.