Rashi says in the name of Chazal, that: אֵּ ין הַ כ סֵּ א ש לֵּ ם עַ ד שֶ י מ חֶ ה ש מו שֶ ל עַ מ לֵּ ק Hashem’s Kisei (throne) is not complete until Amalek is destroyed completely. Kisei HaKavod symbolizes the ultimate respect of the universe; Hashem Himself. Amalek made a joke out of Kriyas Yam Suf. Similarly, it says about Hagar: וַתֵּקַל ג ב ר ת הּ ב עֵּינֶיה לך טז ד she was M'zalzel in her master, without respect. She made a joke from her beloved and most respectable, Sara Imeinu. This is why she is Zoche to the Arabs, who are a known: אוּמ ה ש פֵּ ל ה lowly nation who are wild and crazy, Rachmana Litzlan.
It says about Moshe Rabeinu that till his last day: לֹא כ הֲת ה עֵּינו ברכה לד ז his “eye” didn’t dim. We can suggest that his Ayin Tova was intact, seeing good in Hashem’s beautiful world, like Chazal say עַי ן טוב ה מ תַל מ יד יו שֶל אַב ר ה ם א ב ינוּ אבות ה יט one who has Ayin Tova is a student of Avraham Avinu. The opposite of Bilam, who was: ש תֻם ה ע י ן missing an eye (Rashi) and known for Ayin Ra.
How important it is to avoid criticism and negativism and: בִּ יטוּל belittling and making light of important things and looking down at people, including ourselves. They all invite depression and anxiety and jealousy; and in a severe form, downright suicide and/or murdering, wars, sadness, doing zero and becoming zero, with plenty of Anava P'sula (inappropriate humility) to blame it on.
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A Yungerman with a severe inferiority complex told me that he loves praising Tzaddikim, but he feels that he is being: מֵּ ס יחַ דַ עַ ת getting distracted from his own greatness, which is much harder to work on, and: חַיֶיךָ קוד מ ין you come first! Of course, there is a great Zechus in praising Tzaddikim. But a person might lose his self-worth in the process, which for many, is a form of slow suicide.
You Are Not a Rasha! R’ Elya Lopian Zatzal gave a fiery Shmuess how a person must constantly wage war against his Yetzer Hara. For many people, these days the main Yetzer Hara are those never-ending negative critical thoughts about self and/or others. It needs constant work to fight them with positive thoughts, albeit extreme and exaggerated, and even lies. Just like the Yetzer Hara gets carried away, so must you get carried away with super positivism, with Hashem’s help.
