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הַכַּעַס הוּא מִדָּה רָעָה. וְכַאֲשֶׁר הַגָּרָב מֵחֹלִי הַגּוּף – כֵּן הַכַּעַס מֵחֹלִי הַנֶּפֶשׁ. וְאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (נדרים כב א): כָּל הַכּוֹעֵס – כָּל מִינֵי גֵּיהִנֹּם שׁוֹלְטִים בּוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (קהלת יא י): ״וְהָסֵר כַּעַס מִלִּבֶּךָ, וְהַעֲבֵר רָעָה מִבְּשָׂרֶךָ״. וְאֵין ״רָעָה״ אֶלָּא גֵּיהִנֹּם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (משלי טז ד): ״כֹּל פָּעַל יְיָ לַמַּעֲנֵהוּ, וְגַם רָשָׁע לְיוֹם רָעָה״. וְלֹא עוֹד אֶלָּא שֶׁתַּחְתּוֹנִיּוֹת שׁוֹלְטִים בּוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים כח סה): ״וְנָתַן יְיָ לְךָ שָׁם לֵב רַגָּז, וְכִלְיוֹן עֵינַיִם וְדַאֲבוֹן נָפֶשׁ״ – אֵיזֶה דָּבָר שֶׁמְּכַלֶּה הָעֵינַיִם וּמַדְאִיב אֶת הַנֶּפֶשׁ? הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר: זֶה תַּחְתּוֹנִיּוֹת.
Anger is a bad quality and just as scurvy is a disease of the body so is anger a disease of the soul. And our sages have said : "He who loses his temper is exposed to all the torments of hell" (Nedarim 22a) as it is said : "Therefore, remove vexation from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh" (Eccl. 11:10), and by "evil" they mean Gehenna, as it is said : "The Lord hath made everything for His own purpose, Yes, even the wicked for the day of evil" (Prov. 16:4). And not only this but an angry man is afflicted with piles as it is said : "The Lord will give you there an anguished heart and eyes that pine, and a despondent spirit" (Deut. 28:65). What ill is it that dims the eyes and pains the soul— Surely you will say "Piles".
Orchot Tzadikim 12:2 · Orchot Tzaddikim, trans. Seymour J. Cohen, Ktav Pub House, 1982