Let a stranger praise you, and not your mouth/ let another man praise you, if he does not-then do it yourself/blow your own trumpet, if no one else will

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Let a stranger praise you, and not your mouth/ let another man praise you, if he does not-then do it yourself/blow your own trumpet, if no one else will

It is permissible for a person to speak about themselves and their abilities when they are in a place where people do not know them, or where there is no one who can speak about their abilities and talents.

("They said to Rav Pappa: What is your name? He said to them: Rav Pappa. They said to him: But is it not stated, 'Let a stranger praise you, and not your mouth'? He said: And if there is no stranger—your mouth?" - Responsa of the Rashba, Rishonot, Peh; Sefer HaAggadah, 251; and also: "And behold, it is written, 'Let a stranger praise you, and not your mouth.' This is not difficult: here, in a place where they know him; there, in a place where they do not know him" - Rif, Bava Batra 5b; and also: "It is written, 'Let a stranger praise you, etc.' Here, in a place where they know him, etc. And Solomon did not state his words vaguely; the whole matter is explained in this verse: 'Let a stranger praise you'—that is, certainly when they know you, and not when they do not know you, when they cannot praise you; then it is permitted for your mouth to make you known" - Maharsha, Chiddushei Aggadot, Nedarim 62b)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יְהַלֶּלְךָ זָר, וַלֹא - פִיךָ

Definition (Hebrew)

מֻותָּר לוֹ לָאָדָם לְסַפֵּר עַל עַצְמוֹ וְכִישּׁוּרָיו כְּשֶׁהוּא נִמְצָא בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין מַכִּירִים אוֹתוֹ אוֹ אֵין מִי שֶׁיְּסַפֵּר עַל כִּשּׁוּרָיו וִיכוֹלוֹתָיו.

("אָמְרוּ לוֹ לְרַב פַּפָּא:מָה שִׁמְךָ?אָמַר לָהֶם: רַב פַּפָּא. אָמְרוּ לוֹ: וְהַלֹּא נֶאֱמַר:יְהַלֶּלְךָ זָר וְלֹא פִיךָ?-אָמַר: וְאִם אֵין זָר-פִּיךָ"- תְּשׁוּבוֹת הָרַשְׁבָּ"א בָּרִאשׁוֹנוֹת פֵּד, סֵפֶר הָאַגָּדָה, רנא, וְכֵן:"וְהָא כְּתִיב יְהַלֶּלְךָ זָר וְלֹא פִיךָ לָא קַשְׁיָא הָא בְּאַתְרָא דִּדְעֵין לִי' וְהָא בְּאַתְרָא דְּלָא יַדְּעִין לֵהּ"- רִי"ף מַסֶּכֶת בָּבָא בָּתְרָא ה ע"ב, וְכֵן:"כְּתִיב יְהַלְּלֵךְ זֵר גֵּו' הָא בְּאַתְרָא דְּיָדְעִי לֵהּ הָא כו'. וּשְׁלֹמֹה לֹא סָתַם דְּבָרָיו דְּכוּלָה מִלְּתָא מְפֹרָשׁ בְּהַאי קְרָא וה"ק יְהַלְּלֵךְ זָר דְּהַיְנוּ וַדַּאי בְּיַדְּעוּךְ וְלֹא דְּהַיְנוּ שֶׁלֹּא יְדָעוּךָ שֶׁלֹּא יוּכְלוּ לְהַלֶּלְךָ אֲזַי שָׂרֵי לְפִיךָ לְהוֹדִיעֲךָ"- מָהַרְשָׁ"א חִדּוּשֵׁי אַגָּדוֹת מַסֶּכֶת נְדָרִים סַב ע"א)

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