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Bnei Machshava Tova, Membership in the Association

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חֶבְרָתֵנוּ אֵינָהּ חֶבְרָה כְּדֵי לְהוֹסִיף כֹּחַ וּלְהִתְעָרֵב בְּעִנְיְנֵי הַמְּדִינָה וְהַקְּהִלָּה, אִם בְּאֹפֶן אֶמְצָעִי וַאֲמַתְלָא, אוֹ בְּאֹפֶן בִּלְתִּי אֶמְצָעִי, כִּי תַּכְלִיתֵנוּ הִיא לַעֲלוֹת עֲלִיָּה וּפְסִיעָה אַחַת שֶׁהִיא לְמַעְלָה מִכָּל הָעוֹלָם, שְׁאוֹנוֹ וַהֲמוֹנוֹ. לָכֵן, אֵין חֶבְרָתֵנוּ חֶבְרָה לְחַלֵּק כִּבּוּדִים שֶׁל מִי בְּרֹאשׁ וּמִי אַחֲרָיו וכו', כִּי יְסוֹד חֶבְרָתֵנוּ הוּא שִׁפְלוּת וְהִתְרוֹמְמוּת. שִׁפְלוּת עֶצֶם הַגּוּף וְהַנֶּפֶשׁ וְהִתְרוֹמְמוּת קְדֻשָּׁתָם.

Experiencing the Divine, trans. Yaacov David Shulman, 2018

Beyond The Honors of This World The purpose of our society is not to attain power and involve ourselves in political and communal matters, whether directly and with a particular agenda, or indirectly. Our goal is to ascend: to take a step that rises beyond the entire world, its commotion and its turmoil. Therefore, our group will not apportion honors to a president, vice president, and so forth, because the foundation of our group is humility and exaltation: the humility of the essence of body and lower spirit, and the exaltation of their holiness.

וּבִמְקוֹם הִתְגַּלּוּת הַקְּדֻשָּׁה אֵין מָקוֹם לְכִבּוּדִים וְלִשְׂרָרוֹת.

Experiencing the Divine, trans. Yaacov David Shulman, 2018

And in a place where holiness is revealed, there is no place for honors and titles.