Where you find his greatness, you find his humility

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Where you find his greatness, you find his humility

Where you find his greatness, you find his humility

The measure of his greatness is matched by the measure of his humility. The greater a person is, the more humble he is and does not look down on others.

("Rabbi Yohanan said: Wherever you find the might of the Holy One, you find His humility; this is written in the Torah and repeated in the Prophets" – Megillah 31a; also: "But in the place where you find Phineas’s reproach, there you also find his praise: there is no work in the world that belittles it" – Sholem Aleichem / How We Make a Living; and: "This was his answer in a humble laugh, as is the way of great authors: where their greatness is, there is their humility" – H. Hazaz / Early Generations, 91)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאַתָּה מוֹצֵא גְּדֻלָּתוֹ אַתָּה מוֹצֵא עַנְוְתָנוּתוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

(הַבָּעַת הַעֲרָכָה לְאָדָם עָנָו) כְּמִדַּת גְּדֻלָּתוֹ כָּךְ מִדַּת הָעֲנָוָה שֶׁלּוֹ. כְּכָל שֶׁהוּא אָדָם גָּדוֹל כָּךְ הוּא עָנָו וְאֵינוֹ מִתְנַשֵּׂא עַל זוּלָתוֹ.

("אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁאַתָּה מוֹצֵא גְּבוּרָתוֹ שֶׁל הקב"ה אַתָּה מוֹצֵא עַנְוְתָנוּתוֹ, דָּבָר זֶה כָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָה וְשָׁנוּי בַּנְּבִיאִים"- מְגִלָּה לֹא ע"א, וְכֵן: "אֲבָל בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאַתָּה מוֹצֵא גְּנוּתוֹ שֶׁל פִּינִי, שָׁם אַתָּה מוֹצֵא גַּם שִׁבְחוֹ: אֵין מְלָאכָה בָּעוֹלָם שֶׁיָּבוּז לָהּ"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ כֵּיצַד אָנוּ מִתְפַּרְנְסִים, שַׁח, וְכֵן: "הִבְלִיעַ זֶה תְּשׁוּבָתוֹ בְּבַת צְחוֹק עַנְוְתָנִית, כְּדַרְכָּם שֶׁל בַּעֲלֵי הַמְּחַבְּרִים הַגְּדוֹלִים שֶׁבִּמְקוֹם גְּדֻלָּתָם שָׁם עַנְוְתָנוּתָם"- ח.הָזָז/ דּוֹרוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנִים, 91)

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