Awe of Divine Majesty

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Awe of Divine Majesty

The awe inspired by God's exaltedness; reverence and fear before the sublimity of God.

('That is, they will humble themselves before Him, either out of awe of His majesty or out of fear of punishment' - Metzudat David on Job 25:2, and also: 'The essence of fear is awe of majesty, which a person must think of while praying or performing a mitzvah, for he is praying or doing that act before the King of kings' - Mesillat Yesharim, chapter 19, and also: 'There are two kinds of fear: fear of punishment and awe of majesty; fear of punishment is called righteousness, and awe of majesty is called faith' - Rabbi Nachman of Breslov / Likutei Moharan, Torah 67, and also: 'There is not a person in Israel who does not feel fear and dread... there is one who fears with awe of majesty, one who fears a lesser fear, one who fears a great fear, and one who fears ever more and more' - Pele Yoetz / Ot Resh, Rosh Hashanah)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יִרְאַת הָרוֹמְמוּת

Definition (Hebrew)

הַיִּרְאָה מְרוֹמְמוֹת הָאֵל. הַעֲרָצָה וּפַחַד מִנִּשְׂגָּבוֹת הָאֵל.

("כִּי הֵן יִכָּנְעוּ מִפָּנָיו אֵם מִיִּרְאַת הָרוֹמְמוּת אֵם מִפַּחַד הָעֹנֶשׁ "-מְצוּדַת דָּוִד אִיּוֹב כֹּה ב, וְכֵן:"הִנֵּה עִקַּר הַיִּרְאָה הִיא יִרְאַת הָרוֹמְמוּת שֶׁצָּרִיךְ הָאָדָם לַחֲשֹׁב בְּעוֹדוֹ מִתְפַּלֵּל אוֹ עוֹשֶׂה מִצְוָה, כִּי לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים הוּא מִתְפַּלֵּל אוֹ עוֹשֶׂה הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הַהוּא"- סֵפֶר מְסִלַּת יְשָׁרִים פֶּרֶק יט, וְכֵן:"כִּי יֵשׁ שְׁנֵי מִינֵי יִרְאָה, יִרְאַת הָעֹנֶשׁ וְיִרְאַת הָרוֹמְמוּת, יִרְאַת הָעֹנֶשׁ נִקְרָא צֶדֶק, וְיִרְאַת הָרוֹמְמוּת נִקְרָא אֱמוּנָה"- ר' נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלָב/ לִקּוּטֵי מוהר"ן, תּוֹרָה פ"ז, וְכֵן:"שֶׁאֵין לְךָ אָדָם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא מַרְגִּישׁ יִרְאָה וּפַחַד ...יֵשׁ יָרֵא יִרְאַת הָרוֹמְמוּת וְיֵשׁ יָרֵא יִרְאָה מוּעֶטֶת, יֵשׁ יָרֵא יִרְאָה גְּדוֹלָה, וְיֵשׁ יוֹתֵר וְיוֹתֵר"- פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ/אוֹת ר', רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה)

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