예레미야 9:22 카발라: Sha'arei Kedusha

Now, son of man, open your eyes from your blindness and realize that all the pleasures and goodness of this world are vanity and error.²⁹¹Jeremiah 10:15 Why be prideful over others? If you are proud of your tall and upright stature, others too were created in the image of God, just like you. If you are proud of your family lineage, are we not all the children of one man and are not all Jews children of Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov? If you are proud of your wealth, are there not many empty-headed and reckless people who are wealthier than you? Moreover, it is HaShem-יהו"ה who impoverishes and enriches.²⁹²Samuel I 2:7 Therefore, if you are wealthy, do not glorify in your wealth,²⁹³Jeremiah 9:22 for it could be wealth kept for its possessor to his detriment.

If you are proud of your authority and honor over others, are there not many despicable people who have power over others in this world, as proverbs states,²⁹⁴Proverbs 30:21 “because of a slave who reigns.” Furthermore, wealth and honor are in HaShem’s-יהו"ה control²⁹⁵Proverbs 3:16 and He brings the haughty down to the ground.²⁹⁶Liturgy of the morning blessings of the Shema recital. If you are proud of your intelligence, there were many people who were more intelligent than you, such as Doeg, Achitophel and Yeravam, who lost their lives, both in this world and the coming world. For it is in HaShem’s-יהו"ה power to distort the utterances of the trustworthy and take reason away from the elders.²⁹⁷Job 12:20 Therefore, let not the wise glory in his wisdom,²⁹⁸Jeremiah 9:22 for how can you be haughty if from your very inception you were born of a putrid drop,²⁹⁹Mishnah Avot 3:1 and you entered and exited by way the birth canal.