Know Who You Are - R. Dovid Kaplan - TorahAnytime.com

When it comes to haughtiness or it comes to to humility in general, in general when it comes to humility, we have to understand what humility is. Humility is not denial. A person is responsible to know exactly who he is, exactly what his abilities are, exactly what his talents are. If a person's a great painter, you have to know that you're a great painter. And it's not hard. Look around what everybody else is producing and you'll see that you're a great painter. But so what? At the end of the day, humility is the recognition that even if I have an ability, I could paint a gorgeous painting, but that's only because God gave me the ability. So, what are you bragging about? What are you? But you have an elation to know who you are. If uh you know Katsk Abramsky was the Jewish uh the the uh uh the chief rabbi of the Jews in London. He was a dian. He was the chief rabbi of London. And uh there was a Jew who was accused of something. A Jew was accused of something. And Raascal Abramsky, he had to go to court. He was a European RV, but he was living in London. And he was he was from for you know he he he was he was then he came to Israel as one of the Gdoleador. And he was in a court in London. He he had to serve as a character witness. So the uh this Jew is accused of something. Raabsky comes in and he said something about shita. It had to do I think with ritual slaughter. So he said to Katabramsky the judge said to him uh sir I would like to get the the judge the English judge said I would like the opinion of the supreme halikic authority. So he said your honor I am the supreme hik authority. So the judge says, "My dear Rabbi, a little humility." He goes, "I'm sorry, your honor. I'm under oath." Are you the supreme are you the supreme authority or not? I am the supreme authority. So we're looking for your opinion. What are you going to deny it? If you're a general in the army, you're a general. What are you going to say? No, I'm not really a general. You are a general. But you have to recognize that the ability to get there, where did that come from? That ability came from that ability came from the rebon that's and therefore what do you what what do you be what do you what what's there to be guided