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==Examples of Middot== | ==Examples of Middot== | ||
# A person shouldn't laugh excessively [in empty matters], nor be sad; rather, one should be happy all one's days, with a good expression on one's face. <ref> KSA 29:2 </ref>. | # A person shouldn't laugh excessively [in empty matters], nor be sad; rather, one should be happy all one's days, with a good expression on one's face. <ref> KSA 29:2 </ref>. | ||
# Jealousy, Desire, and Pursuit of Honor remove a person from the world <ref> Pirkei Avot 4:28 </ref>. Nonetheless, one shouldn't separate from them excessively, saying "I won't eat meat, drink wine, marry a wife, live in a nice house, or wear nice clothing; instead, I will wear a sack [of [[mourning]]]". This is also an evil path, and one is forbidden to walk on it. One is called a sinner if one does; even a Nazir is called a sinner for refraining from wine. The Torah has already forbidden enough, that we should add on more prohibitions. One shouldn't add on fasts unnecessarily. <ref> KSA 29:6. However, a Rebbe said at a Sichas Mussar: modern society often confuses what actually is a necessity, and what actually is a luxury </ref>. | |||
אפרוש מהן ביותר, ואתרחק לצד האחרון, עד שלא יאכל בשר, ולא ישתה יין, ולא ישא אשה, ולא ישב בדירה נאה, ולא ילבש מלבוש נאה, אלא ילבש שק וכדומה, גם זה דרך רעה היא, ואסור הוא לילך בה | |||
# One should be content with one's lot <ref> KSA 29:6 </ref>. | |||
==Ways to Perfect Character Traits== | ==Ways to Perfect Character Traits== | ||
