{
  "bookId": "sefer-hamidos",
  "part": "1",
  "torah": "74",
  "title": "Humility",
  "hebrewTitle": "עֲנָוָה",
  "sourceUrl": "/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/74",
  "plainUrl": "/reader-plain/sefer-hamidos/1/74/",
  "segments": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁמְּשַׁתֵּף אֶת עַצְמוֹ בְּצָרוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמִתְפַּלֵּל עֲלֵיהֶם, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה בָּא לַעֲנָוָה.",
      "en": "1. One who shares in the suffering of the Jewish People, and prays for them, through this he comes to humility."
    },
    {
      "index": 2,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי אֱמֶת יִזְכֶּה לַעֲנָוָה.",
      "en": "2. Through truth, one will merit to humility."
    },
    {
      "index": 3,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי אֱמוּנָה בָּא הַכְנָעָה.",
      "en": "3. Through faith one comes to submission."
    },
    {
      "index": 4,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי קְבִיעוּת מָקוֹם לִתְפִלָּה בָּא לִידֵי עֲנָוָה וַחֲסִידוּת.",
      "en": "4. Through retaining a specific place for prayer, one comes to humility and piety (hassidut)."
    },
    {
      "index": 5,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עֲנָוָה תְּפִלָּתוֹ נִשְׁמַעַת, וּכְאִלּוּ הִקְרִיב כָּל הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת.",
      "en": "5. Through humility one's prayer is heard, and it is as if he had offered all the sacrifices."
    },
    {
      "index": 6,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עֲנָוָה מוֹסִיפִין לוֹ גְּדֻלָּה עַל גְּדֻלָּתוֹ.",
      "en": "6. Through humility, additional greatness is added to one's greatness."
    },
    {
      "index": 7,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עֲנָוָה מַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים.",
      "en": "7. Through humility, one's days are lengthened."
    },
    {
      "index": 8,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עֲנָוָה אֵין מְדַקְדְּקִין אַחַר מַעֲשָׂיו.",
      "en": "8. Through humility, one's deeds are not scrutinized."
    },
    {
      "index": 9,
      "he": "יוֹם שֶׁאַתָּה מַקְטִין אֶת עַצְמְךָ, יוֹם הַזֶּה מוֹסִיף כֹּחַ וּגְבוּרָה וְהִתְרוֹמְמוּת בִּקְדֻשָּׁה שֶׁל מַעְלָה.",
      "en": "9. The day on which you humble yourself, that day adds strength, might, and exaltation to the Holiness Above."
    },
    {
      "index": 10,
      "he": "כְּשֶׁאַתָּה רוֹאֶה שֶׁעֲנָוָה נִתְרַבָּה בָּעוֹלָם, תְּצַפֶּה לְרַגְלֵי דִּמְשִׁיחָא.",
      "en": "10. When you see that humility is increasing in the world, be expectant for the footsteps of the Messiah."
    },
    {
      "index": 11,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עֲנָוָה נִתְבַּטֵּל פַּחַד הָאוֹיְבִים.",
      "en": "11. Through humility, fear of enemies is annulled."
    },
    {
      "index": 12,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עֲנָוָה נִתְבַּטֵּל הַמַּחֲלֹקֶת וְהַיִּסּוּרִין.",
      "en": "12. Through humility, contention and suffering is annulled."
    },
    {
      "index": 13,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עֲנָוָה הַכֹּל עִמּוֹ בְּשָׁלוֹם.",
      "en": "13. Through (one's having) humility, everyone is at peace with him."
    },
    {
      "index": 14,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עֲנָוָה בָּא חֵן.",
      "en": "14. Through humility comes grace."
    },
    {
      "index": 15,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ הַכְנָעָה, אֵין לוֹ מוֹרָא, כְּאִלּוּ יוֹשֵׁב בְּמָצוֹר.",
      "en": "15. One who has the quality of submission, does not have fear, as if he were sitting in a fortress."
    },
    {
      "index": 16,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ הַכְנָעָה, אֵין בּוֹ יִרְאָה.",
      "en": "16. Someone without the quality of submission has no fear (of Heaven)."
    },
    {
      "index": 17,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עֲנָוָה נִתְגַּדֵּל, גַּם אֵינוֹ נוֹפֵל מִמַּדְרֵגָתוֹ.",
      "en": "17. Through humility one becomes great, also he does not fall from his level."
    },
    {
      "index": 18,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁהוּא לֵב רַךְ, הוּא יָכוֹל לְהַכְנִיעַ אֶת עַצְמוֹ בְּיוֹתֵר.",
      "en": "18. Someone who is soft hearted, he can submit himself more extremely (to the extreme)."
    },
    {
      "index": 19,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עֲנָוָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא זוֹכֵר אוֹתוֹ.",
      "en": "19. Through humility, the Holy One Blessed He remembers him."
    },
    {
      "index": 20,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עֲנָוָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא עוֹשֶׂה לוֹ תַּאֲוָתוֹ.",
      "en": "20. Through humility, the Holy One Blessed is He fulfills one's desires."
    },
    {
      "index": 21,
      "he": "אֵין הָעוֹלָם מִתְקַיֵּם אֶלָּא עַל מִי שֶׁמֵּשִׂים עַצְמוֹ כְּאַיִן.",
      "en": "21. The world is only sustained by one who makes himself as nothing."
    },
    {
      "index": 22,
      "he": "סְגֻלָּה לְבָנִים – לְהַקְטִין אֶת עַצְמוֹ.",
      "en": "1. A segulah (auspicious) for having sons is to humble oneself."
    },
    {
      "index": 23,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי גַּאֲוָה רַבָּה נִבְעָל כְּאִשָּׁה.",
      "en": "2. Through excessive arrogance, one will be sodomized like a woman."
    },
    {
      "index": 24,
      "he": "הָאָדָם נִכָּר בְּקוֹלוֹ, אִם הוּא עָנָו אוֹ בַּעַל־גַּאֲוָה.",
      "en": "3. One can recognize in a man's voice, whether he is humble or arrogant."
    },
    {
      "index": 25,
      "he": "לִפְעָמִים עַל־יְדֵי שִׁפְלוּת שֶׁאָדָם מַשְׁפִּיל אֶת עַצְמוֹ, אוֹ אֲחֵרִים מַשְׁפִּילִין אוֹתוֹ, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה מְבַטְּלִין מֵעָלָיו גְּזֵרַת מִיתָה.",
      "en": "4. Sometimes, through the lowliness with which a person diminishes himself, or through others diminishing him, through this is annulled a decree of death which was passed upon him."
    },
    {
      "index": 26,
      "he": "כְּשֶׁאָדָם מַרְגִּישׁ בְּעַצְמוֹ שִׁפְלוּת, יֵדַע שֶׁמִּיתָה נִגְזְרָה עָלָיו.",
      "en": "5. When a person senses lowliness in himself, he should know that death has been decreed upon him."
    }
  ]
}