{
  "bookId": "sefer-hamidos",
  "part": "1",
  "torah": "75",
  "title": "Depression",
  "hebrewTitle": "עַצְבוּת",
  "sourceUrl": "/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/75",
  "plainUrl": "/reader-plain/sefer-hamidos/1/75/",
  "segments": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁלֹּא תִּקֵּן חַטַּאת נְעוּרִים, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה בָּאִים לוֹ דְּאָגוֹת.",
      "en": "1. One who has not rectified the sins of his youth, through this worries come upon him."
    },
    {
      "index": 2,
      "he": "לָרֹב בָּא הַצַּעַר לָאָדָם עַל־יְדֵי דִּבּוּרוֹ.",
      "en": "2. For the most part, suffering comes to a man through his speech."
    },
    {
      "index": 3,
      "he": "כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ לְךָ צַעַר, תְּדַבֵּר מִזֶּה הַצַּעַר.",
      "en": "3. When you are suffering, speak about this suffering."
    },
    {
      "index": 4,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי דְּאָגָה בַּלֵּב נוֹפֵל עַל הָאָדָם אֵימַת מָוֶת.",
      "en": "4. Through worries of the heart, there falls upon the person fear of death."
    },
    {
      "index": 5,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי הַכְנָעָה נִתְבַּטֵּל רָעָה וְיָגוֹן.",
      "en": "5. Through submission, evil and sorrow are annulled."
    },
    {
      "index": 6,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ עַצְבוּת, יִסְתַּכֵּל עַל הַצַּדִּיקִים, וְיָבֹא לוֹ שִׂמְחָה בְּלִבּוֹ.",
      "en": "6. One who is depressed should gaze upon the Tzaddikim, and joy will come to his heart."
    },
    {
      "index": 7,
      "he": "כְּשֶׁאַתָּה נִכְנָס בְּבֵית נָכְרִי, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה בָּא עַצְבוּת.",
      "en": "7. When you enter the house of a non-Jew, through this depression comes [upon you]."
    },
    {
      "index": 8,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עַצְבוּת אָדָם נֶחֱלָשׁ.",
      "en": "8. Through depression one becomes weakened."
    },
    {
      "index": 9,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי לֵב רָע הַפָּנִים נִשְׁתַּנֶּה.",
      "en": "9. Through an evil heart, one's face is transformed."
    },
    {
      "index": 10,
      "he": "כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ לְךָ צַעַר בְּיוֹם שִׂמְחָה, וְכָל שִׂמְחָתְךָ נִשְׁבָּת, תֵּדַע שֶׁתַּמָּה זְכוּת אֲבוֹתֶיךָ.",
      "en": "10. When you have anguish on a day of joy, and all your happiness is dispelled, know that your ancestral merit has been exhausted."
    },
    {
      "index": 11,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ עַצְבוּת, יִתֵּן מַתָּנָה לַצַּדִּיק תָּדִיר.",
      "en": "11. One who is depressed should continually give a gift to a Tzaddik."
    },
    {
      "index": 12,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עַצְבוּת בָּא שְׂרֵפָה.",
      "en": "12. Through depression come fires (burnings)."
    },
    {
      "index": 13,
      "he": "עַצְבוּת סִימָן לְאֵיזֶה חֹלָאַת, שֶׁמְּמַשְׁמֵשׁ לָבוֹא.",
      "en": "13. Depression is a sign that some disease is about to manifest."
    },
    {
      "index": 14,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עַצְבוּת הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא אֵין עִמּוֹ.",
      "en": "14. Due to depression, the Holy One, Blessed be He, is not with him."
    },
    {
      "index": 15,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עַצְבוּת רוֹאֶה קֶרִי.",
      "en": "15. Through depression, one has (lit. sees) a wanton seminal emission."
    },
    {
      "index": 16,
      "he": "עַצְבוּת בָּא עַל־יְדֵי כַּעַס.",
      "en": "16. Depression comes through anger."
    },
    {
      "index": 17,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עַצְבוּת אֵינוֹ מַשִּׂיג תּוֹחַלְתּוֹ.",
      "en": "17. Through depression, a person does not reach his aspiration."
    },
    {
      "index": 18,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עַצְבוּת נִתְבַּזֶּה.",
      "en": "18. Due to depression, one is degraded."
    },
    {
      "index": 19,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי בְּכִיָּה אֵין אָדָם יָכוֹל לֶאֱכֹל.",
      "en": "19. Due to weeping, a person is unable to eat."
    },
    {
      "index": 20,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ עַצְבוּת וְהוּא תָּמִיד בְּשִׂמְחָה, בְּוַדַּאי יִתְנַשֵּׂא.",
      "en": "20. One who is not depressed, but is always joyful, will certainly be raised up."
    },
    {
      "index": 21,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי עַצְבוּת בָּא בִּזָּיוֹן.",
      "en": "21. Through depression comes degradation."
    },
    {
      "index": 22,
      "he": "בְּכִיָּה הוּא סִימָן טוֹב לְחוֹלֶה.",
      "en": "22. Crying is a positive sign for a sick person."
    },
    {
      "index": 23,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי יָגוֹן אוֹיְבָיו נִתְרוֹמְמִים.",
      "en": "23. Through anguish, one's enemies are highly elevated."
    },
    {
      "index": 24,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי יָגוֹן בָּא כְּאֵב לֵב.",
      "en": "24. Through anguish comes heart pain."
    },
    {
      "index": 25,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁהוּא מָהִיר, הוּא עַצְבָן.",
      "en": "25. One who is hasty is gloomy (sad/annoyed/irritated)."
    },
    {
      "index": 26,
      "he": "קִרְבַת הַצַּדִּיקִים מְשַׂמֵּחַ אֶת הַלֵּב.",
      "en": "26. Drawing close to Tzaddikim makes the heart joyous ."
    },
    {
      "index": 27,
      "he": "סְגֻלָּה לְהָסִיר עַצְבוּת, שֶׁיִּשְׁמַע אֶת צַדִּיק נִכְבָּד, כְּשֶׁהוּא מְזַמֵּר.",
      "en": "27. A segulah for removing depression is to listen to an honored Tzaddik when he sings."
    },
    {
      "index": 28,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁאֵין מִתְוַדֶּה עַל עֲווֹנוֹתָיו, אֲנָחָה וּדְאָגוֹת בָּאִים עָלָיו.",
      "en": "28. One who does not confess his sins has sighing and worries come upon him."
    },
    {
      "index": 29,
      "he": "כְּשֶׁאָדָם מִתְאַוֶּה לִדְבָרִים שֶׁהֵם נֶגְדִּיִּים לַקָּדוֹשׁ־ בָּרוּךְ־הוּא, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה בָּא לוֹ אֲנָחָה.",
      "en": "29. When a person lusts after things that are against [the Will of] the Holy One, Blessed be He, through this anguish (sighing) comes upon him."
    },
    {
      "index": 30,
      "he": "הָעֶצֶב עַל חֲלוֹם רָע מְבַטֵּל אֶת הַחֲלוֹם, שֶּׁלֹּא יִתְקַיֵּם.",
      "en": "30. Sadness due to a bad dream annuls [the influence of] the dream, preventing it from coming to pass."
    },
    {
      "index": 31,
      "he": "קוֹל וּמַרְאֶה וְרֵיחַ מְשִׁיבִין דַּעְתּוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם.",
      "en": "31. Voice, appearance, and scent restore a person's wellbeing (lit. knowledge/awareness)."
    },
    {
      "index": 32,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי הַצְּעָקָה נִתְבַּטֵּל הַצַּעַר.",
      "en": "32. Through screaming, one's pain is annulled."
    },
    {
      "index": 33,
      "he": "מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ עַצְבוּת, מֵבִיא עַל עַצְמוֹ יִסּוּרִין.",
      "en": "33. One who is depressed brings suffering upon himself."
    },
    {
      "index": 34,
      "he": "כָּל הַנִּמְשָׁךְ אַחַר צַעֲרוֹ יוֹתֵר מִדַּי, הַצַּעַר נִמְשָׁךְ אַחֲרָיו.",
      "en": "34. One who draws too far after his own suffering, suffering draws towards him."
    },
    {
      "index": 35,
      "he": "תְּמָרִים מְבַטְּלִין דְּאָגָה.",
      "en": "35. Dates annul worry."
    },
    {
      "index": 36,
      "he": "אַגָּדָה מְשַׂמֵּחַ אֶת הָאָדָם.",
      "en": "36. Aggadah (Talmudic legends) brings joy to a man."
    },
    {
      "index": 37,
      "he": "עַצְבוּת שֶׁבְּלֵב הָאָדָם, כְּשֶׁמַּרְגִּישׁ בְּרָעָתוֹ, כִּי הַלֵּב הוּא הַמֵּסֵב לְכָל זֶה; כִּי הַלֵּב הוּא הַגּוֹרֵם לְכָל דָּבָר הֵן לְטוֹב הֵן לְהֵפֶךְ.",
      "en": "1. Depression [fills] the heart of a man when he becomes aware of his own evil (bad fortune). For the heart causes all of this, because the heart is the cause of everything; for good or for bad (lit. the opposite)."
    },
    {
      "index": 38,
      "he": "צָרִיךְ לִשְׁמֹר אֶת עַצְמוֹ מֵעַצְבוּת, כְּדֵי שֶּׁלֹּא יָבוֹא, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, לִידֵי אֲבֵלוּת.",
      "en": "2. One must guard himself from depression in order that he not come to mourning, G-d forbid."
    },
    {
      "index": 39,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי הַצַּעַר וְהָעַצְבוּת בָּא מְרִיבָה בָּעוֹלָם, וְעַל־יְדֵי הַשִּׂמְחָה בָּא שָׁלוֹם בָּעוֹלָם.",
      "en": "3. Through suffering and sadness, conflict comes into the world. Conversely, through joy, peace comes to the world."
    },
    {
      "index": 40,
      "he": "עַל־יְדֵי קִלְקוּל הַשִּׂמְחָה בָּא חֳלָאִים עָלָיו.",
      "en": "4. Through the spoiling of one's joy, sicknesses come upon him."
    },
    {
      "index": 41,
      "he": "סְגֻלָּה לְהָסִיר הָעַצְבוּת עַל־יְדֵי הָרַחֲמָנוּת.",
      "en": "5. It is a segulah to remove depression through mercy."
    },
    {
      "index": 42,
      "he": "הַנְּדָרִים וְהַנְּדָבוֹת מְבִיאִין שִׂמְחָה.",
      "en": "6. Vows and pledges bring happiness."
    }
  ]
}