Deliberation — Metinut — מְתִינוּת
Let your heart not be precipitate nor your mouth be hasty.
Rather, pause several times while speaking or acting
so as to deliberate and calm yourself.
Resources
Middah Worksheet for Deliberation
Rabbi Stone's shiur on Metinut (deliberation)
Cheshbon ha-Nefesh (“Accounting of the Soul”) is a step by step approach to improving one's characher traits. It was written by Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Satanov. It was published in 1845 with the encouragement of Rabbi Yisroel Salanter. The book is available from Feldheim Publishers.
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