God-fearing person (fear of Heaven)/ God-fearing/ (fear of God)

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God-fearing person (fear of Heaven)/ God-fearing/ (fear of God)

A person who believes in the Creator and in reward and punishment. A religious person who keeps the commandments.

("Woe to those Torah scholars who engage in Torah and do not have fear of Heaven" - Yoma 72b, and likewise: "One should appoint in every congregation a great sage, an elder, and a God-fearing man from his youth, and one who is beloved by them, so that he may admonish the masses and bring them back in repentance" - the Rambam / Sefer HaMadda, Hilkhot Teshuvah, Chapter Four, 2, 157, and likewise: "Therefore, each person needs to engage in this, to instill knowledge and fear of Heaven in his fellow" - R. Nachman of Breslov / Likutei Moharan, Tania, Torah 7, 4, and likewise: "She raises her eyes heavenward מתוך fear of Heaven and says: Amen, Master of the Universe!" - Shalom Aleichem / We Are Sneaking Across the Border, 222, and likewise: "His success and greatness came to him only by virtue of his heart - a Jewish heart, fear of Heaven in secret as in public" - Y. Burla / Kisufim, 15, and likewise: "Ezra Siman Tov, a Jerusalemite man, enjoyed the labor of his hands. He was among those about whom it is said: greater is one who enjoys the labor of his hands than one who is God-fearing" - Chaim Savato / Like the Eyelids of Dawn, 11)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יָרֵא שָׁמַיִם (יִרְאַת שָׁמַיִם)

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם הַמַּאֲמִין בַּבּוֹרֵא וּבְשָׂכָר וְעֹונֶשׁ. אָדָם דָּתִי וְשׁוֹמֵר מִצְווֹת.

("אוֹי לָהֶם לְתַלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים שֶׁעוֹסְקִים בַּתּוֹרָה וְאֵין בָּהֶם יִרְאַת שָׁמַיִם"- יוֹמָא עַב ע"ב, וְכֵן:"צָרִיךְ לְנַעֲמִיד בְּכָל קָהָל וְקָהָל חָכָם גָּדוֹל וְזָקֵן וִירֵא שָׁמַיִם מִנְּעוּרָיו וְאוֹהֵב לָהֶן, שֶׁיְּהֵא מוֹכִיחַ לָרַבִּים וּמַחֲזִירָן בִּתְשׁוּבָה" -הָרַמְבָּ"ם/סֵפֶר הַמַּדָּע, הִלְכוֹת תְּשׁוּבָה,פֶּרֶק רְבִיעִי, ב, 157, וְכֵן:"עַל כֵּן צָרִיךְ כָּל אֶחָד לַעֲסֹק בָּזֶה, לְהַכְנִיס דַּעַת וְיִרְאַת שָׁמַיִם בַּחֲבֵרוֹ"- ר' נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלָב/ לִקּוּטֵי מוהר"ן-תְּנִינָא, תּוֹרָה ז', ד', וְכֵן:"מְרִימָה אֶת עֵינֶיהָ כְּלַפֵּי מָרוֹם מִתּוֹךְ יִרְאַת שָׁמַיִם,וְאוֹמֶרֶת: אָמֵן, רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם!"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ אָנוּ מִתְגַּנְּבִים לַעֲבֹר אֶת הַגְּבוּל, קכב, וְכֵן:"הַהַצְלָחָה וְהַגְּדוֹלָה שֶׁלּוֹ לֹא בָּאוּ לוֹ אֶלָּא בִּזְכוּת לִבּוֹ- לֵב יְהוּדִי, יָרֵא שָׁמַיִם בַּסֵּתֶר כִּבְגָלוּי"- י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 15, וְכֵן:"עֶזְרָא סִימָן טוֹב אִישׁ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם נֶהֱנָה מִיְּגִיעַ כַּפָּיו הָיָה.הָיָה מֵאוֹתָם שֶׁאָמְרוּ עֲלֵיהֶם, גָּדוֹל הַנֶּהֱנֶה מִיְּגִיעַ כַּפָּיו יוֹתֵר מִיְּרֵא שָׁמַיִם"- חַיִּים סָבָתוֹ/ כְּעַפְעַפֵּי שַׁחַר, 11)

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