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modesty
מ
[Balaam
said] How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel!
(Bamidbar
24:5)
The lesson
for us here is that we must never think that it is important to be concerned
only about the “larger” issues of modesty and intimacy, but that we can be lax
about the “smaller,” “innocent” details. Even the smaller details are important
– important enough to be able to transform a curse into a blessing (or an
accursed situation into a blessed one).
Lest we
think that this alertness to the details of modesty is only required in our
day-to-day behavior but not in temporary situations (such as when we are on
vacation), we see here that the tremendous power of even the minor details of
modest conduct was demonstrated when our forefathers lived in tents, their
temporary homes in the desert.
The Lubavitcher
Rebbe, Likutei Sichos, vol. 13, p. 84.
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