Sefer HaMiddot, Clothing, Part I

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א. בִּגְדֵי אָדָם מְרַמְּזִים עַל מִדּוֹתָיו שֶׁל אָדָם.

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

The clothing that a person wears is indicative of his character.

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ב. מִי שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ יָחֵף, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁהוּא חוֹטֵא.

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

Whoever must go barefoot clearly must be a sinner.

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ג. עַל־יְדֵי עַזּוּת־מֶצַח נֶעֱנָשׁ בִּבְגָדִים גַּם עַל־יְדֵי שְׁבוּעוֹת.

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

A person who is insolent, or who fails to fulfill his oaths, loses his clothing.

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ד. מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ נִזְהָר לְהִסְתַּכֵּל בְּעֶרְוַת אָבִיו, לְסוֹף שֶׁיֵּלְכוּ בָּנָיו "עָרוֹם וְיָחֵף".

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

A person who does not refrain from staring at his father’s nakedness will, in the end, see his children going unclad and barefoot.

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ה. מִי שֶׁאוֹכֵל קדֶם, הַתְּפִלָּה הוּא נֶעֱנָשׁ בִּבְגָדִים.

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

Anyone who eats before praying will lose his clothing.

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ו. עַל־יְדֵי גַּאֲוָה נֶעֱנָשׁ בִּבְגָדִים.

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

A haughty person loses his clothing.

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ז. מִי שֶׁמֵּסִית אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ מִדֶּרֶךְ הַטּוֹבָה לְדֶרֶךְ הָרָעָה, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה אֵין לוֹ בַּמֶּה לִלְבּשׁ.

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

A person who lures a fellow Jew from the good path to the evil one will not have what to wear.

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ח. מִי שֶׁהוּא עָרֵב בְּעַד עַכּוּ"ם, הוּא נֶעֱנָשׁ בִּבְגָדִים.

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

Whoever stands as a guarantor for a gentile loses his clothing.

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ט. לֶעָתִיד הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא יְהֵא נִפְרָע מֵאוֹתָם הַמְּלֻבָּשִׁים מַלְבּוּשׁ עַכּוּ"ם.

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

There will come a time when the Holy One will exact punishment from those who dress in the clothing of the gentiles.

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י. מִי שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ בִּבְגָדִים קְרוּעִים מֵחֲמַת עֲנִיּוּת, תַּקָּנָתוֹ – הַבְּכִיָּה לִפְנֵי הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ.

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

A person whose poverty forces him to wear torn clothing can rectify this by crying out to God.

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יא. כָּל הַמְבַזֶּה בְּגָדִים, לְסוֹף אֵינוֹ נֶהֱנֶה מֵהֶם.

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

Whoever disrespects clothing will in the end have no pleasure from them.

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יב. מִי שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה מַלְבּוּשׁ לְעָנִי, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה נִצּוֹל מִבִּזְיוֹנוֹת.

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

By providing clothing for the poor, one is spared embarrassment.

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יג. מִי שֶׁהוּא נִזְהָר מִלְּבַיֵּשׁ שׁוּם אָדָם, זוֹכֶה לְמַלְבּוּשִׁים.

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

One who is careful not to embarrass any person is rewarded with clothing.