HUMILITY, ANTIDOTE TO LOW SELF-ESTEEM

Dear Family,

I hope that everyone is well.

BH Yechezkiel ben Ester’s health is stable. Michayil el Chayil!

MAZAL TOV TO DR HY FISHER WHO IS CELEBRATING HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK!! What an amazing achievement Hy. We all wish you continued happy and constructive years with continued good health! Also wishing Mazal Tov to Naomi (Davidoff) and the whole Fisher Family! BH

With great respect we wish Ariel Bassin much success with his move this week to join the IDF as a Lone Soldier. We are so proud of you Ariel! Am Yisroel Chai!

Mazal Tov to Tracy Pollock for her upcoming birthday next week. Wishing you a wonderful year Tracy and sending love to the rest of your Family

Mazal Tov to Zalmy Davidoff (Snr) on his birthday tonight! Wishing you a year of much continued development and successes Zalmy together with your growing Family BH

Mazal Tov to Mendel and Freida (Kehaty) on their upcoming Anniversary next week! Wishing you many continued happy and healthy years together, and to have a bigger home for your Family BEH.

And Mazal Tov to Dovber Kehaty on his beautiful Siddur Party this week!

Kevin (Marks) has sent us an updated version of our Family Tree including all the new births etc. Please keep him updated. Thank you Kevin!

In this week’s Sedra Behaalotcha, it says in V12:3 that “the man Mosheh was more humble than anyone on the face of the earth”, and I saw an interesting article from Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov on this subject:

The point he makes is that HUMILITY IS A POWERFUL ANTIDOTE TO LOW SELF-ESTEEM!?

When one possesses extraordinary gifts, there are 2 kinds of response

· “ I am greater and more important than others”

This may lead to arrogance, and a feeling of being distanced from those who have less.

· “I was entrusted with something more valuable than others”

This attitude leads to a profound sense of responsibility from oneself, and towards others. And it leads to HUMILITY.

Humility says, don’t compare oneself to others.

Hashem judges not how much one does, but how much effort one puts in, to fulfill one’s own mission. “Am I better today than I was yesterday? Am I performing to my true potential?

And if I encounter someone who seems inferior to me, am I recognizing that perhaps their very constraints make their effort far greater value than mine?”

Keeping this in mind helps us respect every person that we encounter*, including, and especially, ourselves*

Gut Shabbos to all