וְֽחַנְפֵי־לֵ֭ב יָשִׂ֣ימוּ אָ֑ף לֹ֥א יְ֝שַׁוְּע֗וּ כִּ֣י אֲסָרָֽם׃
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Sha'arei Kedusha
Our sages, of blessed memory, stated,615Talmud Bavli, Sotah 42a “Any congregation in which there is flattery is as repulsive as a menstruating woman, as is stated,616Job 15:34 ‘A flattering congregation will be forlorn.’” Our sages, of blessed memory, stated,617Talmud Bavli, Yoma 72b “Any Torah scholar whose inside is not like his outside is not a Torah scholar and is called a loathsome abomination.” Our sages, of blessed memory, stated,618Talmud Bavli, Sotah 41b “Any person who has flattery in him brings wrath to the world, as stated,619Job 36:13 ‘Those with flattery in their hearts bring about wrath.’ Moreover, his prayers are despised and are not heard.” Our sages, of blessed memory, stated,620Sotah 41b ibid. “Any person who has flattery in him, even fetuses in their mothers’ wombs curse him.” Our sages, of blessed memory, stated about the sin of flattery, that it will cause a person to fall into the hands of his enemies,621Sotah 41b ibid.; Reishit Chochmah, Shaar HaKedushah 12:32 as it states,622Isaiah 10:6 “I shall send them against a flattering people.”