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Chafetz Chayim הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק וֹבָבְל לַע הֶלֲעַיֶּשְׁכוּ .ויָתָפְשׂ אַצוֹמ זָא רֹמְשִׁל וֹשׁארְֹבּ ויָניֵע םָכָחֶהְו .וֹמָלוֹע דֵבַּאְמֶּשׁ רָשְׁפֶא לקַ רוּבּדְִבוּ ,םיִנְבַּלְתִמ ויָנָפוּ ,קוֹחְשׂ ךְרֶֶדּ רָבָדּ וֹרֵבֲח לַע דָחֶא רֵמוֹאֶשׁ ,הָחיִשׂ ירְֵבדְִבּ םיקְִסוֹ
Kuntres Chovat HaShemirah םימש דובכ סרטנוק
14 chapter החיתפ
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Truthfully, how can man be conceited? A putrid drop of semen
formed his being and his future will be to decompose in a place
filled with earth and worms and crawling things that will eat his
body from top to bottom. The Mishnah Avot (4:4) states that one
must be very, very humble since the future of man is the worm הָחיִתְּפ
(that will eat him), meaning, that based on what Chazal have
taught us (Gemara Shabbat 152b) man’s soul will not be gathered שׁוֹד ּקַָה לֶשׁ ויָתוְֹצִמ ב ֵּבַחְמ םָדָאָהֶשׁ ְּכ ,ארָקְִנ דוֹב ָּכ הֵנִּה
under Gd’s Throne of Glory until 12 months have passed since
his body was buried and decomposed. Only then will his soul ךְוּר ָּב שׁוֹד ּקַָהְל ד ֵּבַכְמ אוּה הֶז ָּבֶשׁ ,ןֶה ָּב רָהְזִנְו אוּה ךְוּר ָּב
ascend On High to its resting place and there it will be bound 'ר רַמָא :)'ו ןָמיִס שַּׁגִּיַו תַשׁרָ ָּפ( אָמוּחְנַת ְּב אָתיִאדְִכְו .אוּה
to the Bond of Life. For these reasons Chazal asked – How can
man become haughty? In the end, this man’s Nefesh will long ןידִ ְּבַכְמ וּיֱה :אוּה ךְוּר ָּב שׁוֹד ּקַָה רַמָא ,יאָחוֹי ן ֶּב ןוֹעְמִשׁ
for the time his body will rot and decompose and turn wormy so
that this soul can be elevated to Heaven and its eternal resting םִא .וֹתוֹמ ְּכ םָדָאָה לֶשׁ וֹחוּלְשׁוּ ,יַחוּלְשׁ ןֵהֶשׁ ,תוְֹצ ִּמַה תֶא
place. יִל וּלִּא ְּכ ,ןָתוֹא ָתיִז ָּב םִאְו , ָּתדְ ַּב ִּכ יִל וּלִּא ְּכ ,ןָתוֹא ָּתדְ ַּב ִּכ

Chazal have said in Gemara Sotah (4b) “Whoever has a prideful .וֹנוֹשְׁל ןא ָּכ דַע ,ָתיִז ָּב
attitude is as though he worships idol gods…and denounces
Gd…and the Shehchina wails over him.” Man should also think ארֵיִו ,וֹל לֶבָחֵי רָבָדְל ז ָּב" :)ג"י ג"י יֵלְשִׁמ ְּב( ביִת ְּכ הֵנִּהְו
carefully and deeply about the severity of the punishment that
awaits him both in this world and in Olam Haba, as Chazal have ח"ַמרְ שֵׁי י ִּכ :וֹנוֹשְׁל הֶזְו ,א"רְָּגַה בַתָכְו ."ם ָּלֻשְׁי הָוְצִמ
taught in Gemara Sukah (29b) “There are four reasons why שֵׁי ,רָב ָּד ל ָּכ ןֵכְו .הֵשֲׂע תוְֹצִמ ח"ַמרְ ן ָּדְגֶנְכוּ ,םָדָא ָּב םירִָבֵא
people who own assets will lose their wealth completely…and
because of a haughty attitude.” The text there goes on to say – אוּה ,הָוְצִמ רַב ּדְ םוּשְׁל ז ָּבַה ןֵכָלְו .תוְֹצ ִּמַה ןִמ יִנוּיִּח ַח ֹּכ וֹל
“Rebbe Chami said regarding anyone who has a haughty attitude, וֹתוֹאֵמ יִנוּיִּחַה ַח ֹּכִמ רֵסָח הֶשֲׂעַנ אוּה י ִּכ ,וֹמְצַע תֶא ל ֵּבַחְמ
that HaKadosh Baruch Hu says this person and I cannot coexist
in the same world (because this person cannot tolerate Hashem). ,רָב ָּד ל ָּכ םֵּיקְַל הֶאוֹרְו הָוְצִמ םוּשׁ בֹזֲע ַּלִמ ארֵָּיַה לָבֲא .רָב ָּד
They also have said there that his body which has turned into .וֹנוֹשְׁל ןא ָּכ דַע .וירָָביֵא לָכ ְּב םֵלָשׁ הֶיְהִי
earth will not get up when the dead are restored back to life.
Therefore man must be careful to avoid this exceptionally evil
character trait. The Rambam expressed this concept in Hilchot ןֵהֶשׁ תוְֹצ ִּמַהֶשׁ אָצְמִי ,וֹמְצַע ְּב םָדָאָה ןֵנוֹבְּתִי רֶשֲׁאַכְו
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De’Aut (2 perek, 3 halacha) as follows: “There are mindsets םיִמָעְפִל םִא וּלִּפֲאַו .דֹאְמ ןָמוּיּקִ וֹלְצֶא יוּפרָ ,רוּבּ ּדִ ַּב ןיִיוּל ְּת
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\ personality traits that are (absolutely) forbidden for man to
entertain with a middle-of-the-road attitude, but rather he must לַכוּנֶּשׁ ,הרָוּמְּג הָטרֲָח הָּנֶניֵא ,םֵחַנְתִמוּ הֶז לַע טרֵָחְתִמ
stay away from them at an extreme distance, and that mindset וֹא םוֹי רוֹבֲע ַּכֶשׁ ,הֶזָל תוֹאָהְו .הָבוּשׁ ְּת םֵשׁ ָהיֶלָע תוֹנַּכְל
is the personality trait of conceit. The good (i.e., proper) way
of behaving in life is not merely to be humble but rather one ר ֵּבדְַמוּ רֵזוֹחְו חֵכוֹשׁ ,םוֹי וֹתוֹא ְּב וּלִּפֲא םיִמָעְפִלְו ,םִיַמוֹי

187 186 די קרפ םייח ץפח הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק ?הָּתָחוּנְמ םוֹקְמִל הָלְעַמְל תוֹלֲעַל .ג"ַמְסַּבּ בוּתָכֶּשׁ וֹמְכּ ,"ךָיֶהלֱֹא 'ה תֶא חַכְּשִׁתּ ןֶפּ 'ד תוֹבָא( תוֹבָאְבּ אָתיִאְו .וֹתָצקְ תֶא וֹתָצקְ לַכאֹיְו ,הָעֵלוֹתְו תוֹכְלִהֵמ 'ב קרֶֶפְבּ ם"ַבְּמרַָה ןוֹשְׁל הֶזְו .דֹאְמ דֹאְמ הָעו