And When I Am For Myself, What Am I?

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And When I Am For Myself, What Am I?

And When I Am For Myself, What Am I?

If I only care for myself - what are my values ​​in general? Man is the creature of my society and must help and help cheaply. Or: If I examine my values ​​as an individual isolated from society, then I have no value.

("He would say, "If I am not for myself, who is for me? And when I am for myself, what am I? And if not now, who am I?" - Avot 1:13-14)

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Expression (Hebrew)

וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי לְעַצְמִי, מָה אֲנִי ?

Definition (Hebrew)

אִם אֶדְאַג רַק לְעַצְמִי-מָה עֶרְכֵי בִּכְלָל?, הָאָדָם הוּא יְצוּר חֶבְרָתִי וְחַיָּב לַעֲזֹר וּלְהֵעָזֵר בְּזוּלַת. אוֹ: אִם אֶבְחַן אֶת עֶרְכֵי שֶׁלִּי כְּכִיחִיד בּוֹדֵד הַמְּנֻתָּק מֵהַחֶבְרָה אֲזַי אֵין לִי עֵרֶךְ.

("הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר אִם אֵין אֲנִי לִי, מִי לִי? וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי לְעַצְמִי, מָה אֲנִי? וְאִם לֹא עַכְשָׁו- אֵימָתַי?"- אָבוֹת א יג-יָד)

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