## Sefer HaMiddot, Flattery, Part I

###### Sefer HaMiddot, Flattery, Part I 1
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א. עַל־יְדֵי הַחֲנֻפָּה בָּא לִידֵי נִבּוּל־פֶּה, וְהוּא הַדִּין לְהֵפֶךְ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Flattery brings a person to use vulgar language. The inverse is also true, [as proper language keeps one from flattery].


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Flattery, Part I 2
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ב. עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה נַעֲשֵׂית אִשְׁתּוֹ אַלְמָנָה וּבָנָיו יְתוֹמִים וְאֵין מְרַחֵם עֲלֵיהֶם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Flattery causes a person’s wife to become a widow and his children to become orphans, and yet no one will show them any mercy.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Flattery, Part I 3
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ג. עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה בָּא פַּחַד.

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


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Flattery, Part I 4
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ד. מִי שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ בַּשּׁוּק וְנוֹפֵל, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ חֲנֻפָּה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who falls while walking in public clearly is guilty of flattery.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Flattery, Part I 5
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ה. עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה בָּא כְּאֵב־לֵב.

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


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Flattery, Part I 6
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ו. מִי שֶׁבִּטְחוֹנוֹ עַל אֲחֵרִים, בָּא לִידֵי חֲנֻפָּה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who places his trust in others will turn to flattery.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Flattery, Part I 7
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ז. מִי שֶׁשּׁוֹמֵר אֶת עַצְמוֹ מֵחֲנֻפָּה, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה בָּא לוֹ יְשׁוּעָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever guards against flattery finds salvation.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Flattery, Part I 8
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ח. מֻתָּר לְהַחֲנִיף לָרְשָׁעִים בָּעוֹלָם־הַזֶּה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Flattering the wicked is permissible in this world.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Flattery, Part I 9
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ט. עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה נִתְעוֹרֵר הַדִּין.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Flattery arouses harsh judgment.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Flattery, Part I 10
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י. גַּם תְּפִלָּתוֹ אֵינוֹ נִשְׁמַעַת וּמָאוּס בְּעֵינֵי כּל.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It also causes a person’s prayers to be rejected, and everyone finds him repugnant.