{
  "bookId": "sefer-hamidos",
  "part": "1",
  "torah": "12",
  "title": "Clothes",
  "hebrewTitle": "בְּגָדִים",
  "sourceUrl": "/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/12",
  "plainUrl": "/reader-plain/sefer-hamidos/1/12/",
  "segments": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "he": "בִּגְדֵי אָדָם מְרַמְּזִים עַל מִדּוֹתָיו שֶׁל אָדָם.",
      "en": "1. A persons clothes hint at his character traits."
    },
    {
      "index": 2,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ יָחֵף, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁהוּא חוֹטֵא.",
      "en": "2. One who goes barefoot, it is certain that he sins."
    },
    {
      "index": 3,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עַזּוּת־מֶצַח נֶעֱנָשׁ בִּבְגָדִים גַּם עַל־יְדֵי שְׁבוּעוֹת.",
      "en": "3. As a result of brazenness, one is punished through his clothes, also due to [false] oaths."
    },
    {
      "index": 4,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ נִזְהָר לְהִסְתַּכֵּל בְּעֶרְוַת אָבִיו, לְסוֹף שֶׁיֵּלְכוּ בָּנָיו \"עָרוֹם וְיָחֵף\".",
      "en": "4. One who is not careful not to look at his father's nakedness, in the end his children will go naked and barefoot."
    },
    {
      "index": 5,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁאוֹכֵל קֹדֶם, הַתְּפִלָּה הוּא נֶעֱנָשׁ בִּבְגָדִים.",
      "en": "5. One who eats before the prayer is punished through his clothes."
    },
    {
      "index": 6,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי גַּאֲוָה נֶעֱנָשׁ בִּבְגָדִים.",
      "en": "6. Due to arrogance, one is punished through his clothes."
    },
    {
      "index": 7,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁמֵּסִית אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ מִדֶּרֶךְ הַטּוֹבָה לְדֶרֶךְ הָרָעָה, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה אֵין לוֹ בַּמֶּה לִלְבֹּשׁ.",
      "en": "7. One who seduces his friend away from the right path to the wrong one, will consequently not have with what to clothe himself."
    },
    {
      "index": 8,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁהוּא עָרֵב בְּעַד עַכּוּ\"ם, הוּא נֶעֱנָשׁ בִּבְגָדִים.",
      "en": "8. One who is a guarantor for a non-Jew is punished through his clothing."
    },
    {
      "index": 9,
      "he": "לֶעָתִיד הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא יְהֵא נִפְרָע מֵאוֹתָם הַמְּלֻבָּשִׁים מַלְבּוּשׁ עַכּוּ\"ם.",
      "en": "9. In the future, the Holy One Blessed be He will be avenged from those who dressed in the clothing of non-Jews."
    },
    {
      "index": 10,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ בִּבְגָדִים קְרוּעִים מֵחֲמַת עֲנִיּוּת, תַּקָּנָתוֹ – הַבְּכִיָּה לִפְנֵי הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ.",
      "en": "10. One who goes in torn clothing due to poverty, his rectification is (through) weeping before the Blessed L-rd."
    },
    {
      "index": 11,
      "he": "כָּל הַמְבַזֶּה בְּגָדִים, לְסוֹף אֵינוֹ נֶהֱנֶה מֵהֶם.",
      "en": "11. All who treat clothes with disrespect will end up not benefiting from them."
    },
    {
      "index": 12,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה מַלְבּוּשׁ לְעָנִי, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה נִצּוֹל מִבִּזְיוֹנוֹת.",
      "en": "12. One who makes a garment for a poor person will be saved from humiliations."
    },
    {
      "index": 13,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁהוּא נִזְהָר מִלְּבַיֵּשׁ שׁוּם אָדָם, זוֹכֶה לְמַלְבּוּשִׁים.",
      "en": "13. One who is wary not to embarrass any man merits garments."
    },
    {
      "index": 14,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי סִפּוּרֵי־מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת שֶׁל צַדִּיקִים מַמְשִׁיכִין אוֹרוֹ שֶׁל מָשִׁיחַ בָּעוֹלָם, וְדוֹחֶה הַרְבֵּה חֹשֶׁךְ וְצָרוֹת מִן הָעוֹלָם גַּם זוֹכֶה לִבְגָדִים נָאִים.",
      "en": "1. Through [telling] stories of Tzaddikim, the light of Messiah is drawn into the world, much darkness and troubles are dispelled from the world, and one also merits having attractive clothing."
    },
    {
      "index": 15,
      "he": "הָרָגִיל בִּקְלָלָה, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה לֹא יִהְיֶה לוֹ בְּגָדִים עַל שַׁבָּת.",
      "en": "2. One who is accustomed to cursing, through this he will not have clothes for Shabbat."
    },
    {
      "index": 16,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁמְּיַפֶּה תָּמִיד אֶת רַגְלָיו בִּלְבוּשִׁין נָאִים, לְמָשָׁל בְּמִנְעָלִים יָפִים בְּיוֹתֵר אוֹ בְּמִכְנָסַיִם, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה בָּא לִגְנֵבַת הַדָּעַת.",
      "en": "3. One who always beautifies his legs with fine garments, for example, wearing ostentatious shoes or pants, through this he comes to deceive others."
    },
    {
      "index": 17,
      "he": "הַמְזַלְזֵל בְּמִצְוַת צִיצִית, אֵינוֹ זוֹכֶה לִקְבוּרָה.",
      "en": "4. One who is negligent (disrespectful) in the commandment of Tzitzit does not merit burial."
    },
    {
      "index": 18,
      "he": "הָעוֹשֶׂה בְּגָדִים לַחֲבֵרוֹ, יָכוֹל לְשַׁנּוֹת רְצוֹן חֲבֵרוֹ לְכָל מַה שֶּׁיִּרְצֶה, הֵן בְּגַשְׁמִי הֵן בְּרוּחָנִי.",
      "en": "5. One who makes clothing for his friend can change his friend's will in any way he wants, both materially and spiritually."
    },
    {
      "index": 19,
      "he": "כְּשֶׁאָדָם לוֹבֵשׁ לְבוּשׁ שֶׁל אָבִיו, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה בְּנָקֵל לוֹ לֵילֵךְ בְּמִדּוֹתָיו שֶׁל אָבִיו.",
      "en": "6. When a man dresses in his father’s clothes, through this it is easy for him to practice his father’s traits."
    },
    {
      "index": 20,
      "he": "לְ'כוּ לַ'חֲמוּ בְ'לַחְמִי וּ'שְׁתוּ – רָאשֵׁי־תֵבוֹת לוּלָב; \"בְּיֵין\" עִם הָאוֹתִיּוֹת – גִּימַטְרִיָּא רָאשֵׁי־תֵבוֹת שֶׁל אֶ'תְרוֹג הֲ'דַס עֲ'רָבָה; \"מָסַכְתִּי\" זֶה בְּחִינַת סֻכּוֹת. עַל־יְדֵי מִצְוַת נְטִילַת אַרְבָּעָה מִינִים וְעַל־יְדֵי סֻכָּה, אָדָם זוֹכֶה לַאֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה וּמַלְבּוּשִׁים וְגַם לְחִיּוּת הַנְּשָׁמָה; עַל־יְדֵי סֻכָּה זוֹכֶה לְמַלְבּוּשִׁים, בְּחִינַת \"בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבוּשׁוֹ\" עַל־יְדֵי עַרְבֵי נַחַל זוֹכֶה לִשְׁתִיָּה, עַל־יְדֵי הֲדַס זוֹכֶה לְחִיּוּת הַנְּשָׁמָה וְעַל־יְדֵי לוּלָב וְאֶתְרוֹג זוֹכֶה לַאֲכִילָה, כִּי יֵשׁ בָּהֶם פְּרִי, שֶׁהֵם מִינֵי מַאֲכָל.",
      "en": "7. “Come eat my food and drink” (Mishlei 9:5) the initials of the Hebrew words in this verse spell Lulav (palm branch). \"from the wine\" (adding four for the letters of the word) has the same Gematria (numerical value) as the initials of Etrog, Hadas, Arava (citron, myrtle, willow). [The word] “Masachti“ I mixed” – is an aspect of Sukkot (in that the words share the same root letters). [Thus we derive that] through the Mitzvah of taking the Four Species and through [dwelling in] the Sukkah, a man merits to have food, drink and clothing, and also that his soul will receive life-force. Through the sukkah one merits to have clothing, an aspect of \"When I put clouds as his garment.\" (Iyov 38:9) Through the willow one merits beverage, through the myrtle one merits to vitalize the soul, and through the lulav and the Etrog one merits eating, for they have fruits, which are types of food."
    }
  ]
}