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Living with Humility | Pele Yoetz | Hachzek Day 141 · The Torah Sparks Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Alright, Hever, here we are, day 141 Pelayoit.
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  SPEAKER_00: I hope you're doing fantastic.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today's topic is the topic of Yuhara.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yep.
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  SPEAKER_00: Arrogance.
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  SPEAKER_00: Common Devon Osur Chamishem de Mexicur.
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  SPEAKER_00: How many things, Chazal, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Chazal prohibited so many things because they appear to be arrogant.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we want to distance ourselves from this trait as much as possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not everyone who desires to take the initiative in Avodis Hashem, like things that the righteous people do, not everybody should do those things.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's all depending on the circumstance, the person, Shemisha, Subedaver.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's say there is a possible transgression in the matter.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, bitto mitzudarai so mitver sofim.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or there's the possibility of neglecting uh mitzai um or something that chazal enacted.
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  SPEAKER_00: And most people are not careful with this.
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  SPEAKER_00: But who writes it, Lizar, and you want to be careful, substitute, and um you can't do it in private.
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  SPEAKER_00: You should do it in public.
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  SPEAKER_00: Veleka Mishum Yura.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's no concern uh for arrogance.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vyal Yachoshanem, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: In the case where you're supposed to do something, no one's doing it, but you could still do it, you should still do what you're supposed to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't be concerned that people are gonna make fun of you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Shmu Shba Ilam, better to be embarrassed in this world as that.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if everyone's swimming in this direction, but it's the wrong way, and you go in the other direction, that's permitted.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's very nice.
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  SPEAKER_00: Be a good example, Roma, Vaska Masaphati.
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  SPEAKER_00: But on the other hand, if the general consensus among the good of the of the generation are say, hey, no, this matter is actually permitted via Shoistrim, and some forbid it, the chain called me the dicha sidusa.
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  SPEAKER_00: And let's say um there are matters that are just uh you know reserved for the pious people.
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  SPEAKER_00: In those cases, you shouldn't do those things, whatever that matter is, don't do it in public, Elamisha, unless somebody is a very devout person.
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  SPEAKER_00: Otherwise, that appears like you are, it appears like a you're better, like you're more than.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um right, unless it's just an established person, because they know that um they're meaning when they're in in this case there'll be certain uh community members who will respond to his actions um it and and and they won't speak against him if if we're talking about the person who's devout, the person who's pious.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're not gonna question him, like that's like yeah, sure, let him do that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ava Balab Hachiyad uh hadov.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if you can't guarantee this, it would actually be better to hold back, even though it's technically a good thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you should do this only in private.
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  SPEAKER_00: Again, whatever this matter is, this holy matter, is a righteous endeavor.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, you should do it with all your heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abu Frasian Miragam Dinah, but in public, don't deviate from the practice of everybody else.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's say a person wants to take upon himself to do some type of meritorious practice in his life, yasna makear shabalinader.
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  SPEAKER_00: You should have have in mind, stipulate in the outset of taking upon this obligation that it should not be with obligation, but it should be belinader, without an adher, vishalina ken a la betuna, and that you only intend to adopt the practice when you're in private.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says the Peleoids like this.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he's not vigilant and zealous in all of his endeavors, to the extent that he can be sure that people around him will not find any opening to speak against him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um it will be fitting for this person to stay far away from performing any types of um, you know, pious endeavors.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because as soon as other people see him, right, what are they gonna say?
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  SPEAKER_00: Meaning, this is a person we're talking about in a position who everybody's he's like in the spotlight to a certain extent.
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  SPEAKER_00: So what?
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  SPEAKER_00: He's gonna start to take upon uh these mealy techasidusa, be each other shavim, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: They're gonna they're they know this guy is uh somewhat of a thief, and now he's too acting in this this pious way.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's uh it doesn't look right.
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  SPEAKER_00: Something looks off.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Anything that he's gained in this pious pious endeavor, he's actually going to lose, um, lose it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And let's say this person wants to do these meritorious practices in private, even if he can't do it in public, then it's it's okay, he could do it, says the Peleelites.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're gonna end off here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even a person who's already established as being somebody who's a chasid, umti la's already shown him, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: In this case, we're not gonna uh cast these these like Mozi Shamra, we're not gonna cast these aspersions on those of earlier times by saying, hey, they're more pious than he wash laurino khamachidem einza el Yorah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Furthermore, people will come and say, Have we never seen sages and devout ones before this man?
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  SPEAKER_00: There's nothing but arrogance we see in display.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um is she'll devar the bench but besekhel to a person, um meaning the saying, great is a person who calculates his affairs with justice, meaning he should calculate everything that he does.
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  SPEAKER_00: It should be done by Sekel Tov with a good sense.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the case where their their their the Gedanim are not careful, meaning there's no necessarily need, they're not concerned for the these pious endeavors that a person shouldn't a person shouldn't do it, he should refrain from doing so.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in this refraining from the pious endeavor, he actually will receive a reward in return from refraining to do so.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wishing you all the best, have a wonderful day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Shim, tomorrow Friday, we'll pick up with a new topic moral code, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have a wonderful day.