To scrutinize a person (in order to find faults)/ to be very strict with

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To scrutinize a person (in order to find faults)/ to be very strict with

To scrutinize a person (in order to find faults)/ to be very strict with

To be strict and meticulous regarding a person's behavior. To insist on not overlooking any small detail. To examine and test him, to be exacting about his deeds and demands from him.

("You scrutinized after me and did not find anything in your hands" - Keritut 19b, and likewise: "Great righteous men who scrutinize themselves like the hair’s thread, and the more their greatness increases upon them, they humble themselves. Blessed is the generation in which Rabbi Zusha dwells" - Mordechai ben Yechezkel, Sefer Hamaasiyot part four, The one who scrutinizes himself like the hair’s thread, 212.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דִּקְדֵּק אַחֲרָיו, דִּקְדֵּק עִמּוֹ כְּחוּט הַשַּׂעֲרָה

Definition (Hebrew)

הִקְפִּיד אַחֲרֵי הִתְנַהֲגוּתוֹ. הִקְפִּיד עָלָיו לְלֹא וִתּוּר עַל כָּל פְּרָט קָטָן. בָּדַק וּבָחַן אוֹתוֹ, הִקְפִּיד אַחֲרֵי מַעֲשָׂיו, הִקְפִּיד בִּדְרִישׁוֹתָיו מִמֶּנּוּ.

("דִּקְדַּקְתֶּם אַחֲרַי וְלֹא הֶעֱלִיתֶם בְּיֶדְכֶם כְּלוּם"- כְּרִיתוּת יט ע"ב , וְכֵן:"גְּדוֹלִים צַדִּיקִים שֶׁהֵם מְדַקְדְּקִים עִם עַצְמָם כְּחוּט הַשְּׂעָרָה, וְעַד כַּמָּה שֶׁגְּדֻלָּתָם מִתּוֹסֶפֶת עֲלֵיהֶם, הֵם מַשְׁפִּילִים אֶת עַצְמָם. אַשְׁרֵי הַדּוֹר שַׂר' זוּשָׁא שָׁרוּי בְּתוֹכוֹ"- מָרְדְּכַי בֶּן יְחֶזְקֵאל/ סֵפֶר הַמַּעֲשִׂיּוֹת חֵלֶק רְבִיעִי, הַמְּדַקְדֵּק עִם עַצְמוֹ כְּחוּט הַשְּׂעָרָה, 212)

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