Rabbi Steven Pruzansky of Teaneck and Modiin said:
“Sinat Chinam is hatred that is self-destructive,
a hatred in which the hater is so passionate and
irrational in his hatred that he does not care
if he himself is destroyed by that hatred.
That was the hatred of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza
in the Gemara’s woeful tale, in which Bar Kamtza
preferred to inform on his own people –
and bring out his and his nation’s ruin –
rather than endure a petty personal humiliation.”
SOURCE: article titled: “Hatred – Baseless and Otherwise”,
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, 2021 June 30, www dot RabbiPruzansky dot com