They say if you embarrass someone, you lose your chelek in Olam Haba. So if you try to go for a high note during leining and have a voice crack and people make fun of you and thus you caused your own embarrassment, do you lose your portion in Olam Haba?
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2But the person who one embarrassed gets it, so it comes right back to the guy– אילפאCommented Mar 14 at 19:00
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@אילפא where does it say that?– ShlomyCommented Mar 14 at 19:01
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1This sounds like a legit question. Is one allowed to embarrass oneself, and what are the consequences?– Rabbi KaiiCommented Mar 14 at 19:07
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2@RabbiKaii Surely one is allowed to embarrass oneself in a good cause. They say he was called Yechezkel ben Buzi, because his father embarrassed himself for the sake of the Torah.– MichoelRCommented Mar 14 at 19:31
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@MichoelR Déjà vu– Rabbi KaiiCommented Mar 16 at 22:01
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The first time this happens, it is so embarrassing that it acts as both a deterrent and a forgiveness in the same stroke. As it says in Yechezkel 16:63:
'לְמַ֤עַן תִּזְכְּרִי֙ וָבֹ֔שְׁתְּ וְלֹ֨א יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֥ךְ עוֹד֙ פִּתְח֣וֹן פֶּ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י כְּלִמָּתֵ֑ךְ בְּכַפְּרִי־לָךְ֙ לְכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔ית נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י ה
Thus you shall remember and feel shame, and you shall be too abashed to open your mouth again, when I have forgiven you for all that you did—declares the Sovereign GOD.
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3Can someone please explain why an answer that brings a source to answer some Purim Torah is downvoted. I get it, if people do not find it funny but why the downvote?– DovCommented Mar 14 at 20:44
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1how do you add btw the big bold “Purim Torah” words to a post I couldn’t figure it out Commented Mar 14 at 23:58
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1@CuriousYid you can always go to a question that has it, hit "edit" and see the coding and then copy and paste it into your question.– DovCommented Mar 18 at 15:06