Rabbi Daniel Glatstein discusses the middah of tznius and its significance in Jewish life.
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Okay, good morning, everyone. >> [clears throat] >> Parshas Ki Seitzei, the middah of tznius. The possuk is talking about modesty. Uvekedusha semachana. The Torah is praising the middah of tznius more than all worthy That the punishment is Hashem says, I am leaving you. I am returning from behind you. I am abandoning you. Hashem says that if there isn't modesty in the camp, I'm out of here. The lo yomar kein besha'ar middos. Hashem doesn't say this about other middos. Hashem doesn't say that if there's ka'as, I'm leaving the Jewish people. No, I don't like it. I don't like it. So, it's only avodah zarah, but I'm still I'm not leaving you. By ga'avah, it doesn't say Hashem says, einani v'hu yachol ladur k'achas. Uh you know, we can't be in the same apartment, but it doesn't mean Hashem abandons us completely. It doesn't say by the middah of stinginess,
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- 0:01Okay, good morning, everyone. >> [clears throat] >> Parshas Ki Seitzei, the middah of tznius. The…
- 0:33worthy That the punishment is Hashem says, I am leaving you. I am returning from behind…
- 1:05Hashem doesn't say this about other middos. Hashem doesn't say that if there's ka'as, I'm leaving…
- 1:37some people are stingy. It hurts them to give. It's not a good middah. Hashem doesn't…
- 2:10And this includes tznius in dress, in speech. Here in the editor of the safer brings…
- 2:42Metaylin b'chutzos kirya arumim middos umasim atzmum k'veheima. People stroll through the streets. I guess that's…
- 3:13So says this editor, if Rachel was zocheh to Shaul and Shaul was zocheh to Esther,…
- 3:47eyesight vain images. Dovid Hamelech doesn't ask, "Hashem, save me from ma'aseh shov." He doesn't know.…
- 4:22That which you hear becomes you. Don't say, "No, I didn't do anything. I just looked…
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