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Humility — Anavah עֲנָוָה

Always seek to learn wisdom from everyone, to recognize your failings and correct them. In doing so you will learn to stop thinking about your virtues and you will take your mind off your friend's faults.[1]

Resources

Middah Worksheet for Humility

Rabbi Stone's shiur on Anavah (Humility)

[1] 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.

Orchot Tzaddikim — The Gate of Pride

Orchot Tzaddikim — The Gate of Humility

Orchot Tzaddikim (“The Ways of the Tzaddikim”) is a book on Jewish ethics written in Germany in the 15th century, entitled Sefer ha-Middot by an the anonymous author, but called Orchot Tzaddikim by a later copyist. The book is available from Feldheim Publishers.

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