Teachings
Famed
Sefer Hamidos - The Book of Traits · 3 individual teachings
יֵשׁ מְפֻרְסָמִים, שֶׁעִקַּר הַפִּרְסוּם שֶׁלָּהֶם נַעֲשָׂה עַל־יְדֵי הַמַּחֲלֹקֶת.
1. There are famed leaders whose fame is mainly created through dispute.
הַנִּסָּיוֹן הוּא בִּשְׁבִיל לְגַדֵּל וּלְפַרְסֵם אֶת הָאָדָם.
2. A person is tested in order to make him great and famous.
עַל־יְדֵי הַמְּרִיבָה גּוֹרְמִים שֶׁהַתַּלְמִידִים הַקְּטַנִּים נִתְפַּרְסְמִים קֹדֶם זְמַנָּם. וְזֶהוּ בְּחִינַת הַפָּלַת נְפָלִים, שֶׁהַוָּלָד יוֹצֵא לַאֲוִיר עוֹלָם קֹדֶם זְמַנּוֹ, וְעַל־יְדֵי זֶה גּוֹרֵם עֲנִיּוּת וְלִפְעָמִים גּוֹרֵם מִיתוֹת חַס וְשָׁלוֹם.
3. Through strife, it happens that the lesser students become famous before their time. This is the aspect of miscarriage, that the infant emerges into the air of the world before his time. This causes poverty, and sometimes causes deaths, G-d forbid.
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