But it can also symbolize your anger and fire against your sheepishness and lack of Avodas Hashem, and your giving-in and being nice to your Retzonos. רִּ גְּזוּ וְּאַל תֶחֱטָאוּ Destroy your Yetzer Hara without Rachmanus! How tricky the Yetzer Hara is in this area! The Alter from Slabodka once looked out of his window, and he remarked that he sees a living: בֵ ית הַ קְּ בָ רוֹת cemetery.
So Much Potential Greatness Dies Because People Are Afraid of Anything “Out of The Box”
So much potential greatness dies because people are afraid of Ga'ava and chutzpa and anything “out of the box”. You can be sure that the average Torah true Jew has plenty of feelings of guilt for his sins, and has loads of worries about his mistakes and his relationships. This can Mamash paralyze your productivity, Chas V'shalom!
Look how the Chumash is loaded with kosher chutzpa and kosher Ga'ava, etc.! In Berlin, they didn’t break rules, and they did all the cruel torturing that their superiors asked of them. (R' Avigdor Miller Zatzal). Yidden by nature are prone to challenging each other, and our whole Shas is loaded with Machlokes, Machlokes, Machlokes! When you can’t see past your nose, and your background dominates you, you can hamper your progress, Chas V'shalom.
There is a world-famous purely Litvishe Rosh Yeshiva and Adam Gadol, who loves Chasidim especially. He was once exposed to a very controversial Chassidus, and he had a Gevaldige good experience with them. I know a famous Chasidishe Admor, who has very, very Litvishe: נְּ טִּ יוֹ ת leanings.
You can’t help but respect such people, who can “rebel” and break barriers. Although it makes sense for each Shevet to go the way he was raised, you have a right to be: חוֹשֵׁ ד suspect that another Shita has Maalos over yours, and if it is difficult for you to see good in others, then you can usually be sure your Yetzer Hara is involved. A person who works on Middos goes extreme against his nature. (Rambam).
