Sefer HaMiddot, Redeeming Captives, Part I/ספר המדות·פדיון שבויים·חלק ראשון

1A person’s haughty heart causes him to be taken captive.

2One who agrees with idolaters will fall into their hands. Refute whatever they say!

3Attributing a statement to its originator brings redemption to the world.

4By redeeming captives, that which the redeemer has cast out is also gathered in.

5A person who does not leave his house is like a captive.

6For the sin of homosexuality a person is taken captive.

7When a person shows compassion for captives, God saves him from death.

8Whoever is imprisoned, clearly his soul is also imprisoned on high.

9One who comes to the Tzaddik for advice and later violates that advice will be taken captive.

10When a person feeds the starving, the Holy One saves him from being jailed.

11One who does not rectify the sins of his youth will be taken prisoner.

12A person who regularly circumcises children, or who regularly provides the food a poor person needs in order to make a meal in honor of his son’s circumcision, will be saved from imprisonment.