Torah Tidbits

23 May 2012 / 2 Sivan 5772
Issue 953
Issue 953 -Shabbat Parshat Emor
May 05, 2011

Wisdom & Wit

Wisdom and Wit

By Shmuel Himelstein

The wife of R’ Menachem Mendel of Kotzk once complained to the Rebbe’s shamash that things seemed to be missing from the house. “Why shouldn’t they be missing?” he said. “After all, nothing is locked away, the whole house is wide open, and it is so easy for anyone to steal anything.”
Hearing this comment, R’ Menachem Mendel became very upset. “What do you mean,|” it is so easy to steal?” How can anyone steal when it is specifically forbidden in the Torah?”
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There is a well-known Talmudic dictum, “In the place where those who have truly repented stand, even the most righteous person cannot stand.” R’ Chanoch Henich of Alexander was asked about this apparent paradox. After all, why should the most righteous person be less worthy than a penitent? He answered: “This refers to a person who considers himself to be the most righteous…”
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The Ba’al Shem Tov said: “There is no more conceited a person than a person who is convinced that he is truly humble.”

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