{
  "bookId": "sefer-hamidos",
  "part": "1",
  "torah": "32",
  "title": "Ancestral Merit",
  "hebrewTitle": "זְכוּת אָבוֹת",
  "sourceUrl": "/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/32",
  "plainUrl": "/reader-plain/sefer-hamidos/1/32/",
  "segments": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי טְבִילַת מִקְוֶה מַזְכִּירִין זְכוּת אָבוֹת.",
      "en": "1. Through immersing in a ritual bath, one's ancestral merit is remembered."
    },
    {
      "index": 2,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי מֻפְלְגֵי וַחֲרִיפֵי הַדּוֹר מְאִירִין אֶת הַיִּרְאָה, וְעַל־יְדֵי הַיִּרְאָה מִתְנוֹצֵץ זְכוּת אָבוֹת, וְעַל־יְדֵי הִתְנוֹצְצוּת הָאָבוֹת נִתְעוֹרֵר תְּשׁוּבָה בָּעוֹלָם.",
      "en": "1. Brilliant, ingenious people of the generation inspire awe; through that awe, ancestral merit sparkles, and through the sparkling of ancestral merit, repentance is aroused in the world."
    },
    {
      "index": 3,
      "he": "בְּפֶתַח בֵּיתוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם נִכָּר, אִם תַּמּוּ זְכוּת אֲבוֹתָיו אוֹ אִם חָלָה זְכוּת אֲבוֹתָיו.",
      "en": "2. At the entrance to a man's house it is discernible if his ancestral merit has finished, or if his ancestral merit is effective."
    },
    {
      "index": 4,
      "he": "הַגּוֹמֵל חֲסָדִים, אֵין צָרִיךְ לִזְכוּת אָבוֹת.",
      "en": "3. One who does acts of kindness does not need ancestral merit."
    }
  ]
}