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Tzava’at HaRivash
Chasidut Author: Yeshaya M’Yanov
Tzava’at HaRivash is a collection of teachings of the Ba’al Shem Tov and of his successor, the Maggid of Mezeritch, presented as an ethical will.
Composed: (c.1730 – c.1770 CE)
Current Version: Warsaw, 1913
Source: rosetta.nli.org.il
Digitization: Sefaria
License: Public Domain
ואיתא בזוהר דעבד רעותא דמסכנא. ויחשוב שהוא עני וידבר תמיד בדברים רכים ותחנונים כמו עני
It states in Zohar, “One should always strive to be like a pauper.” Thus, always think of yourself as being destitute and speak soft words and supplications, like a pauper.
