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לֵיצָנוּת

Mockery

Sefer Hamidos - The Book of Traits · 11 individual teachings

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עַל־יְדֵי לֵיצָנוּת יִהְיֶה לוֹ נוֹשִׁים הַרְבֵּה וְהֵם יִמְשְׁלוּ בּוֹ. גַּם נִכְשָׁל בְּנִאוּף, גַּם אִשְׁתּוֹ מוֹשֶׁלֶת בּוֹ.

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1. Through mockery, one will have many creditors, and they will rule over him. Also he will fail in promiscuity. Also, his wife will dominate him.

2

עַל־יְדֵי לֵיצָנוּת הוֹלֵךְ וְנוֹפֵל. גַּם בָּא לְמִדַּת שֶׁקֶר, וְנָע וְנָד מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם.

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2. Through mockery, one walks and falls (alt. - continuously falls). Also, he comes to falsehood, and wandering from place to place.

3

עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה בָּא לֵיצָנוּת.

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3. Through adulation comes mockery.

4

עַל־יְדֵי לֵיצָנוּת בָּאִים יִסּוּרִים.

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4. Through mockery comes suffering.

5

עַל־יְדֵי לֵיצָנוּת אֵין לוֹ חָכְמָה.

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5. Through mockery he does not have wisdom.

6

הַלֵּיצָנוּת הִיא מְתַעֶבֶת אֶת הָאָדָם עַל הַקָּדוֹשׁ־ בָּרוּךְ־הוּא וְעַל הַבְּרִיּוֹת.

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6. Mockery makes a person loathsome to G-d and to people.

7

עַל־יְדֵי לֵיצָנוּת בָּא שְׂרֵפָה.

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7. Through mockery come fires (lit. burning).

8

הַלּוֹעֵג עַל דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים, נִדּוֹן בְּצוֹאָה רוֹתַחַת.

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8. One who mocks the words of the Sages is judged (sentenced to be committed) in boiling excrement.

9

כָּל לֵיצָנוּתָא אֲסִירָא חוּץ מִלֵּיצָנוּתָא דַעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה.

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9. All forms of mockery are forbidden, except for the mocking of idol-worship.

10

קָשָׁה לֵיצָנוּת, שֶׁתְּחִלָּתוֹ יִסּוּרִין וְסוֹפוֹ כְּלָיָה.

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10. Mockery is a dreadful matter – for it begins with suffering and its end is annihilation.

11

הַמִּתְלוֹצֵץ – מְזוֹנוֹתָיו מִתְמַעֲטִין וְנוֹפֵל בְּגֵיהִנֹּם וּמֵבִיא כְּלָיָה לָעוֹלָם.

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11. One who mocks, his sustenance is diminished, and he falls into Hell, and he brings destruction to the world.

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