## Tzava'at HaRivash Chapter 126

###### Tzava'at HaRivash 126:1
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**גם זה הוא כלל גדול כשיבא לאדם מצוה במחשבה אל ימנע לעשותה משום יוהרא** או משום איזה פני' בה. כידוע מתוך שלא לשמה כו'. כי גם במעשה טובה נפעל למעלה כלי טוב ומחשבה נעשה פנימית הכלי:

**The Way of The Baal Shem Tov. Adapted into English by Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel, 2020:**
This is a very important principle: If it enters your mind to do a specific *mitzvah,*do not refrain from doing it because of not wanting to be seen as aggrandizing yourself or other self-interests, for certainly, from the “inner aspect-*toch*-*תוך*” of not doing it for the sake of *HaShem,* you will come to do it for the sake of *HaShem*,²⁰⁹ As our sages said, “A person should always engage in Torah and the fulfillment of the commandments-*Mitzvot*, even if he does not do so for the sake of *HaShem*. For, from the “inner aspect-*toch-תוך*” of doing them not for the sake of *HaShem*, he comes to do them for the sake of *HaShem*.” For, the good deed, of doing the mitzvah itself, also effects good vessels Above, and in thought, the “inner aspect-*toch-תוך*” of the vessels is made. That is, in his heart of hearts, every Jew desires to serve *HaShem* for His sake only.

footnotes:
²⁰⁹ Talmud Bavli, Pesachim 50b