One Who Has a Measure of Stature

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One Who Has a Measure of Stature

One Who Has a Measure of Stature

A person possessing a high status or great personality.

("Not even a measure of stature (Pirkei Heichalot d'R.Y.) because of what is contained within his awe in souls" - Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi/HaKuzari, Fourth Discourse, 115, and also: "Your stature was likened to Tamar, and this is a measure of stature from the hope of Israel in the Shechinah wherever it is" - Zohar, Raaya Meheimna Volume 3 (In the Wilderness), Parashat Pinchas folio 272b, and also: "But also in a dispute for the sake of Heaven, a great measure of caution is required so that the gap does not widen so that from its purpose will come something not for its purpose, and a negative influence will be evident upon the students, that instead of seeing the rabbi as one who has a measure of stature, they see the opposite, and this gap causes destruction and corrupts the good parts in the hearts of the young" - Piskei Din Rabbanim part 8, 152, and also: "There in the house of elders, Bar HaOrian was educated in Torah in holiness and in secular, and he grew also in measure of stature in body and spirit" - Devorah Baron/ Golim, 109, and also: "He was tall and as tall so was his breadth, meaning according to the measure of his stature thus they surrounded him" - Agnon/ Ir U'Meloah, 619)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בַּעַל שִׁעוּר קוֹמָה, בעל שיעור קומה

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם בַּעַל מַעֲמָד גָּבוֹהַּ אוֹ אִישִׁיּוּת גְּדוֹלָה.

("אַף לֹא שִׁעוּר קוֹמָה (פִּרְקֵי הֵיכָלוֹת דר"י) בַּעֲבוּר מָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ מֵהִכָּנֵס מוֹרָאוֹ בִּנְפָשׁוֹת"- ר' יְהוּדָה הַלֵּוִי/ הַכּוּזָרִי, מַאֲמָר רְבִיעִי, 115, וְכֵן: "אֶת קוֹמָתֵךְ דָּמְתָה לְתָמָר וְדָא שִׁעוּר קוֹמָה מִקְוֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּשְׁכִינָתָא אַיֵּהוּ"- זֹהַר, רָעֲיָא מְהֵימָנָא כֶּרֶךְ ג (בַּמִּדְבָּר) פָּרָשַׁת פִּנְחָס דַּף רכח ע"ב, וְכֵן: "אַךְ גַּם בְּמַחֲלֹקֶת לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם דְּרוּשָׁה מִדָּה רַבָּה שֶׁל זְהִירוּת שֶׁהַפַּעַר לֹא יִתְרַחֵב שֶׁמִּתּוֹךְ לִשְׁמָהּ יָבוֹא שֶׁלֹּא לִשְׁמָהּ, וְהַשְׁפָּעָה שְׁלִילִית תִּהְיֶה נִכֶּרֶת עַל הַתַּלְמִידִים שֶׁבִּמְקוֹם שֶׁיִּרְאֶה אֶת הָרַב כְּבַעַל שִׁעוּר קוֹמָה יִרְאֶה אֶת הַהֵפֶךְ מִזֶּה, וְהַפַּעַר הַזֶּה עוֹשֶׂה שַׁמּוֹת וּמַשְׁחִית אֶת הַחֲלָקִים הַטּוֹבִים בְּלִבָּם שֶׁל הַצְּעִירִים"- פִּסְקֵי דִּין רַבָּנִיִּים חֵלֶק ח ,152, וְכֵן: "שָׁם בְּבֵית זִקְנָה בַּר הָאוֹרְיָן נִתְחַנְּכָה לְתוֹרָה בַּקֹּדֶשׁ וּבְחֹל וְגָדְלָה עִם זֶה בְּשִׁעוּר הַקּוֹמָה בַּגּוּף וּבְרוּחַ"- דְּבוֹרָה בָּרוֹן/ גּוֹלִים,109, וְכֵן: "גָּבוֹהַּ הָיָה וּכְגָבְהוֹ כֵּן רָחְבּוֹ, כְּלוֹמַר לְפִי שִׁעוּר קוֹמָתוֹ כָּךְ הִקִּיפוּ"- עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 619)

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