Monday, July 28, 2014

Humility in the Household

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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