## Sefer HaMiddot, Derision and Mockery

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א. עַל־יְדֵי לֵיצָנוּת יִהְיֶה לוֹ נוֹשִׁים הַרְבֵּה וְהֵם יִמְשְׁלוּ בּוֹ. גַּם נִכְשָׁל בְּנִאוּף, גַּם אִשְׁתּוֹ מוֹשֶׁלֶת בּוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person’s derisiveness causes him to have many accusers exercising control over him. He will also be guilty of immoral behavior, and have a domineering wife.


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ב. עַל־יְדֵי לֵיצָנוּת הוֹלֵךְ וְנוֹפֵל. גַּם בָּא לְמִדַּת שֶׁקֶר, וְנָע וְנָד מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Being derisive causes a person to lose prestige. He also turns to falsehood, and strays from place to place.


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ג. עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה בָּא לֵיצָנוּת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Flattery leads to mockery.


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ד. עַל־יְדֵי לֵיצָנוּת בָּאִים יִסּוּרִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Mockery brings suffering.


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ה. עַל־יְדֵי לֵיצָנוּת אֵין לוֹ חָכְמָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A derisive person has no wisdom.


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ו. הַלֵּיצָנוּת הִיא מְתַעֶבֶת אֶת הָאָדָם עַל הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא וְעַל הַבְּרִיּוֹת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person’s derisiveness causes him to be detested by God and man.


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ז. עַל־יְדֵי לֵיצָנוּת בָּא שְׂרֵפָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Derisiveness brings destruction by fire.


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ח. הַלּוֹעֵג עַל דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים, נִדּוֹן בְּצוֹאָה רוֹתַחַת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who ridicules the words of the Sages will burn in hell.


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ט. כָּל לֵיצָנוּתָא אֲסִירָא חוּץ מִלֵּיצָנוּתָא דַעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
All mockery is forbidden other than that which is directed at idolatry.


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י. קָשָׁה לֵיצָנוּת, שֶׁתְּחִלָּתוֹ יִסּוּרִין וְסוֹפוֹ כְּלָיָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
[The punishment for] derision and mockery is most severe: beginning with suffering and ending with destruction.


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יא. הַמִּתְלוֹצֵץ – מְזוֹנוֹתָיו מִתְמַעֲטִין וְנוֹפֵל בְּגֵיהִנּם וּמֵבִיא כְּלָיָה לָעוֹלָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A derisive person has his livelihood diminished. He is destined for hell and his mockery brings destruction to the world.