Receive all men with a cheerful countenance!

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Receive all men with a cheerful countenance!

Receive all men with a cheerful countenance!

Accept the face of every person in a pleasant, friendly, and understanding manner.

("Shamai Omer says, "Do your Torah, it is a decree, saying, 'Do a little, and do much, and God accepts every man with a beautiful face'" - Avot A Yad, and so: "This defiles the name...who does not speak with ease among the living, and is not accepted with a beautiful face, except in the case of quarrel and anger" - Harambam/ Sefer Hamada, Hilchot Yesodei Torah, Chapter Fifty-one, 87, and so on: "He led his congregation in righteousness, established the rules of the assembly, and received every man with a beautiful countenance" - Agnon/ Two Disciples of the Sages)

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Expression (Hebrew)

הֱוֵי מְקַבֵּל אֶת כָּל הָאָדָם בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

קִבֵּל אֶת פָּנָיו שֶׁל כָּל אָדָם בְּצוּרָה נְעִימָה, יְדִידוּתִית וּמַסְבִּירַת פָּנִים.

("שַׁמַּאי אוֹמֵר עֲשֵׂה תוֹרָתְךָ קֶבַע אֱמֹר מְעַט וַעֲשֵׂה הַרְבֵּה וֶהֱוֵי מְקַבֵּל אֶת כָּל הָאָדָם בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת"-אָבוֹת א יָד, וְכֵן:"הֲרֵי זֶה מְחַלֵּל אֶת הַשֵּׁם...שֶׁאֵין דִּבּוּרוֹ בְּנַחַת עִם הַבְּרִיּוֹת, וְאֵינוֹ מַקְבִּילָן בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת, אֶלָּא בַּעַל קְטָטָה וָכַעַס"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ סֵפֶר הַמַּדָּע, הִלְכוֹת יְסוֹדֵי תּוֹרָה,פֶּרֶק חֲמִישִׁי יָא,87, וְכֵן:"הִנְהִיג אֶת עֲדָתוֹ בַּמִּישׁוֹר, תִּקֵּן תַּקָּנוֹת הַרְבֵּה וְקִבֵּל כָּל אָדָם בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת"-עַגְנוֹן/ שְׁנֵי תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים)

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