וְאֶת־רוּחִ֖י אֶתֵּ֣ן בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם וְעָשִׂ֗יתִי אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר־בְּחֻקַּי֙ תֵּלֵ֔כוּ וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֥י תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶֽם׃
At ilalagay Ko ang Aking espiritu sa loob ninyo, at gagawin Kong kayo'y lumakad sa Aking mga batas, at ingatan ninyo ang Aking mga kahatulan at gawin ninyo ang mga ito.
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AND WHOEVER IS NOT FOUND PLEASING BY THE PEOPLE, ETC. We need both cases to be made clear. Had the mishna only included the first section, “whoever is found pleasing, etc.”, I would have had grounds to say that there is no clear implication that “whoever is not found pleasing, etc.” For it may be that the people do not find him pleasing because he is at the extreme of piousness but G-d is pleased with him. And had the mishna only included the last section, “whoever is not found pleasing, etc.”, I would have had grounds to say that there is no clear implication that “whoever is found pleasing, etc.” For perhaps the people will find him pleasing because he will make some pretense of goodness, but “he lays his ambush inside of him,” i.e. he sins in secret.
The mishna therefore teaches us that this is a reliable test in both directions, whether positive or negative. And the reason for this is given by the verse, “and I shall place My spirit in your [Heb. plural “you”] midst” (Ezekiel 36:27)—we see that the spirit of the people is a reflection of the spirit of G-d.
Now the mishna does not say “found pleasing by all the people,” for we pay no heed to the minority, as we find that Mordechai was only able to “find favor with most of his brothers” and not all of his brothers—Midrash Shmuel.
The mishna therefore teaches us that this is a reliable test in both directions, whether positive or negative. And the reason for this is given by the verse, “and I shall place My spirit in your [Heb. plural “you”] midst” (Ezekiel 36:27)—we see that the spirit of the people is a reflection of the spirit of G-d.
Now the mishna does not say “found pleasing by all the people,” for we pay no heed to the minority, as we find that Mordechai was only able to “find favor with most of his brothers” and not all of his brothers—Midrash Shmuel.