Keep Talking Big and Watch How with Time You Actually Become Great

Bitachon Weekly | August 25, 2026

Someone who is a nobody yet he is a bigshot is called a: דַל גָאֶה arrogant pauper; Chazal consider such a person to be disgusting. However, if you are a true Oved Hashem, and we know that you work on yourself: בִּשְׁנֵי יְצָרֶיךָ using both your Yetzer HaTov and Yetzer Hara, you can use your Yetzer Hara to become a first class obnoxious: דַל גָאֶה arrogant pauper, to make believe you're a big knock (in Torah or Middos or Yiras Shamayim or talent, etc.) and before long, you'll be: רָאוּי ready for bigger levels.

Don't be afraid! Keep talking big and making believe you're Mr. Tzadik Yesod Olam, Mr. Lamdan Atzum, Mr. Adam Gadol, etc., and watch how with time you actually become great. Don't worry about chutzpa! Do you know, that the Mashgiach of Bais Medrash Gavoha, R' Nosson Wachtfogel Zatzal told me to have more chutzpa! Like it says: לֹא הַבַּיְשָׁן לָמֵד a shameful person cannot really learn. Without this, I would have gotten nowhere, Chas V'shalom.

And do it with a Shtoltz! Don't be a softy Anava P'sula'nik (!) who sounds like an Ois'ge'arbeta Baal Mussar, but is really an insecure piece-of-butter who never worked on his Middos with the proper Hadracha.

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