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חֵן

Grace

Sefer Hamidos - The Book of Traits · 14 individual teachings

1

עַל־יְדֵי צְדָקָה זוֹכֶה לְחֵן.

1

1. Through charity one merits to grace.

2

עַל־יְדֵי שִׁפְלוּת זוֹכֶה לְחֵן.

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2. Through humility one merits to grace.

3

לְחֵן יַכְנִיס אוֹרְחִים.

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3. To find grace, one should be a host to guests.

4

גַּם יִשְׁמֹר אֶת עַצְמוֹ מִמַּאַכְלֵי אִסּוּר, וְיִשְׁמֹר אֶת פִּיו מִדִּבּוּר אָסוּר.

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4. Also, one should guard oneself from forbidden foods, and guard one's mouth from forbidden speech.

5

מִי שֶׁמְּפַזֵּר מְעוֹתָיו בִּשְׁבִיל לִקְנוֹת לְעַצְמוֹ רַב לִלְמֹד מִמֶּנּוּ, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה יִמְצָא חֵן.

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5. One who expends money to acquire a rabbi from whom to learn, through this he will find grace.

6

כְּשֶׁתַּעֲבִיר עַל מִדּוֹתֶיךָ, תִּמְצָא חֵן.

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6. When you defer, you will find grace.

7

עַל־יְדֵי תּוֹכָחָה תִּשָּׂא חֵן.

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7. Through [giving] rebuke, you will find grace.

8

שֶׁמֶן־זַיִת מְסֻגָּל לְחֵן.

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8. Olive oil is a segulah (auspicious) for grace.

9

סְגֻלָּה לְחֵן תִּכְתֹּב עַל קְלַף; כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת אַלּוּף.

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9. A segulah for finding grace is to write on parchment, "Silver and gold kindness and truth champion."

10

עַל־יְדֵי הַיִּרְאָה מִתַּלְמִיד־חָכָם תִּזְכֶּה לְחֵן.

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10. By the awe [you have] for a Torah scholar, you merit to grace.

11

דִּבּוּרִים הַיּוֹצְאִים בְּנִיחוּתָא נִתְקַבְּלִים אֵצֶל בְּנֵי־אָדָם.

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11. Words that are spoken (lit. come out) calmly are accepted by people.

12

יֵשׁ דָּגִים שֶׁהֵם מְסֻגָּלִים לְחֵן.

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12. There are fish which are conducive to grace.

13

עֵסֶק הַתּוֹרָה בַּדֶּרֶךְ נוֹתֶנֶת חֵן.

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13. Learning Torah while traveling gives one grace.

II-1

כְּשֶׁאָדָם בָּא לְעִיר לָדוּר, יִשְׁלַח בָּשָׂר לַעֲנִיֵּי הָעִיר, וְעַל־יְדֵי זֶה יִשָּׂא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי שָׁרֵי הָעִיר.

II-1

1. When a man comes to a city to live, he should send meat to the poor of the city, and through this he will find grace in the eyes of the city's officials.

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