Know Before Whom You Stand

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Know Before Whom You Stand

Know Before Whom You Stand

Consider and reflect on who stands before you; do not forget before whom you are standing.

("My son, when you enter before your Creator, enter with awe and fear, and when you pray, know before whom you stand" - Otzar HaMidrashim (Eisenstein) Eliezer, 29, and likewise: "Rabbi Elazar says: Be diligent in studying Torah and know what to answer the Epicurean, and know before whom you labor" - Avot 2:14, and likewise: "Each person stands in his place like a man who knows before whom he stands. And when he prays, he makes his prayer with request and supplications" - Agnon / Yesterday, the Day Before Yesterday, 404)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דַּע לִפְנֵי מִי אַתָּה עוֹמֵד

Definition (Hebrew)

תַּחֲשֹׁב וְתֵן דַּעְתְּךָ מִי נִמְצָא מוּלְךָ. אַל תִּשְׁכַּח לִפְנֵי מִי אַתָּה מִתְיַצֵּב.

("בְּנִי, כְּשֶׁתְּכַנֵּס לִפְנֵי יוֹצְרֵךְ תִּכָּנֵס בְּאֵימָה וּבְיִרְאָה וּכְשֶׁאַתָּה מִתְפַּלֵּל דַּע לִפְנֵי מִי אַתָּה עוֹמֵד"- אוֹצַר הַמִּדְרָשִׁים (אַיְזֶנְשְׁטֵיְן) אֱלִיעֶזֶר,29, וְכֵן:"רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אוֹמֵר הֱוֵי שָׁקוּד לִלְמוֹד תּוֹרָה וְדַע מָה שֶׁתָּשִׁיב לָאֶפִּיקוֹרוֹס וְדַע לִפְנֵי מִי אַתָּה עָמֵל"- אָבוֹת ב יָד, וְכֵן:"כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד עָמַד בִּמְקוֹמוֹ, כְּאָדָם שֶׁיּוֹדֵעַ לִפְנֵי מִי הוּא עוֹמֵד. וּכְשֶׁהוּא מִתְפַּלֵּל עוֹשֶׂה אֶת תְּפִלָּתוֹ בַּקָּשָׁה וְתַחֲנוּנִים"- עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 404)

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