Greatness and Humility: Letters and Numbers of Torah - Vayikra
The name of this week's portion, Vayikra, means "G-d called out [to Moses]." The letter aleph at the end of the word vayikra is written in miniature size in the Torah. What does the small aleph teach us about how to be both great and humble?
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Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin is the official Chabad emissary to downtown Brooklyn, rabbi of Congregation B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights, New York and Dean of Brooklyn Heights Jewish Academy. He is the author of the books, “Thank You God for Making Me a Woman", "Letters of Light", "By Divine Design", and "Guardian of Israel", and the co-author of "The Rabbi & The CEO".
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True Humility True humility is not thinking your the best and saying someone else is wow as well. True humility is knowing your place as God's child and loving His other children in an uplifting manner, where each and every one of us are an essential body part. If you think you are the best (e.g. the Titanic), rest assured, you will eventually be abased. Love on another as you would desire to be loved. That's humility.