Shemos 2.13 HARMFUL REBOUNDS
ויאמר לרשע למה תכה ריעך -
It is interesting to note the use of the word ריעך here, where
seemingly these people were far from being called friends. Rashi notes this and
says the victim was not his comrade but רשע כמותך. Perhaps we may also glean from here that
often we fight, hit, insult and hurt those are closest to us because of the
safe assumption that it won't really affect anything. We think to ourselves,
"They'll come around. We're family. He needs me. She'll bounce back."
But similar to the one who raised his hand but did not physically harm his
fellow, is deemed a Rasha, the Torah is teaching us that WITHOUT any apparent damage and with no permanent
effects visible, you might think "no harm done". But it is not so. An
innocuous invisible damage HAS taken place. And the assailant is called a Rasha
even with היזק שאינו ניכר.