Hi,
"Teach
your household humility, for when a person is humble and his household members
are humble, then when a pauper comes to his gate and asks, ‘Is your father
here,’ they will say, ‘Yes, come in.’ Before he even enters the table will be
set before him, and he will enter and eat and drink and bless Gd, and he will
have great satisfaction. When a person is not humble and the members of his
household are demanding people, when a pauper comes to his gate and asks, ‘Is
your father here,’ they will say, ‘No,’ and they will rebuke him and remove him
sharply.
"Alternatively:
Teach your household humility. How so? When a person is humble and the members
of his household are humble and he travels overseas, he says, ‘Thank You, my
Gd, that my spouse does not fight with others and my children do not fight with
others,’ and his heart is not afraid and his mind is settled until he returns.
"When
a person is not humble and the members of his household are demanding people
and he travels overseas, he says, ‘May it be Your will, my Gd, that my spouse not
fight with others and my children not fight with others,’ and his heart is
afraid and his mind is not settled until he returns."
(Midrash, Avot d'Rabbi Natan 7:2)
המצפה לישועה,
Mordechai
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