4. Be kind to yourself. Speaking badly even about yourself is unethical.
הלכות שמירת הלשון In this week’s parsha, Parshas Pekudei, the pasuk (39:43) states מג וַיַּרְא מֹשֶׁה אֶת-כָּל-הַמְּלָאכָה, וְהִנֵּה עָשׂוּ אֹתָהּ–כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה, כֵּן עָשׂוּ;…
“For this time, I shall send all My plagues to your heart, and on your servants, and on your people,…
And do not become enraged with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh. (44:18) Rashi infers from these words that…
Then he took from his possessions, a gift to his brother Esau. (Genesis 32:14) On his way homeward, Jacob learns…
And he said, “My lords, if only I find favor in your eyes, do not pass from before your servant”…
And G-d said to Abram, “Go for yourself from your land…” (12:1) King Solomon tells us (Proverbs 20:7), “When the…
Avraham & Sara are forced to leave Canaan and go down to Egypt because there is a famine in Canaan.…
After humanity’s dispersion from the Tower of Babel, the original traditions of morality and monotheism were only preserved by select…
For the earth is filled with robbery through them. (6:13) Rashi explains that although the generation of the Great Flood…
And the Lord said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to distinguish between the day and…