Teachings
הִתְבּוֹדְדוּת
Seclusion (Hisbodidus)
Sefer Hamidos - The Book of Traits · 3 individual teachings
1
מִי שֶׁמִּתְבּוֹדֵד אֶת עַצְמוֹ וּבוֹדֵל אֶת עַצְמוֹ מִבְּנֵי־אָדָם, מִזְדַּקְּקִין עָלָיו מִלְמַעְלָה.
1
1. One who isolates himself and separates himself from others, they attend to him (to redress him for his sins) from Above.
2
עַל־יְדֵי הִתְבּוֹדְדוּת וּמַפְנֶה לִבּוֹ לְבַטָּלָה בָּא לְכַעַס.
2
2. Through isolating oneself and setting one's heart wantonly, one comes to anger.
II-1
הַשִּׂיחָה שֶׁאָדָם מֵשִׂיחַ בֵּינוֹ לְבֵין קוֹנוֹ, הַשִּׂיחָה הַזֹּאת נַעֲשֵׂית אַחַר־כָּךְ גְּאֻלָּה וִישׁוּעָה לְבָנָיו.
II-1
1. The conversation that one conducts (privately) between him and his Creator, this conversation is made afterwards into a redemption and salvation for his children.
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