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Ki Seitzei: Tznius - The Middah that Transcends All

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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 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

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  1. 0:01Okay, good morning, everyone. >> [clears throat] >> Parshas Ki Seitzei, the middah of tznius. The…
  2. 0:31The Torah is praising the middah of tznius more than all worthy That the punishment is…
  3. 1:05Hashem doesn't say this about other middos. Hashem doesn't say that if there's ka'as, I'm leaving…
  4. 1:35It doesn't say by the middah of stinginess, some people are stingy. It hurts them to…
  5. 2:10And this includes tznius in dress, in speech. Here in the editor of the safer brings…
  6. 2:42Metaylin b'chutzos kirya arumim middos umasim atzmum k'veheima. People stroll through the streets. I guess that's…
  7. 3:13So says this editor, if Rachel was zocheh to Shaul and Shaul was zocheh to Esther,…
  8. 3:45Interesting, Dovid Hamelech requests that Hashem should remove from his eyesight vain images. Dovid Hamelech doesn't…
  9. 4:16is what he sees. What the visuals you take in become you. That which you hear…

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