People whom we hate carry "jewels" in the sense of something that interests us, something important to us. These jewels can be good or evil, but to the robber they symbolize an object of great desire. Both the robber and the victim must be aware of this. The Maggid of Mezeritz even risks the suggestion that, in reacting to violence, the individual under attack should not forget to think of himself as a carrier of jewels. When we are not aware of this, we may erroneously take personally much of what is sent in our direction. We are merely carriers of jewels, in the eyes of the other — jewels we may not even perceive.
— Nilton Bonder, The Kabbalah of Envy