Editing Humility (section)

====Judaism====
[[File:Measure_of_men.jpg| [[Maimonides]] teaches about the "[[Maimonides#Character development|measure of man]]" (compared to the earth and the universe, man is very small).|thumb]]
Rabbi Lord [[Jonathan Sacks]] states that, in Judaism, humility is an appreciation of oneself, one's talents, skills, and virtues. It is not meekness or self-deprecating thought, but the effacing of oneself to something higher. Humility is not to think lowly of oneself, but to appreciate the self one is.<ref>{{multiref2
|1={{Cite web|first=Jonathan|last=Sacks|url=https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/1932762/jewish/Greatness-is-Humility.htm|title=Greatness is Humility|website=Chabad.org}}
|2={{Cite web|first=Jonathan|last=Sacks|url=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/83807/jewish/On-Humility.htm|title=On Humility|website=Chabad.org}}
}}</ref> In recognition of the mysteries and complexities of life, one becomes humbled to the vastness of what one is and what one can achieve.<ref>{{multiref2
|1={{Cite web|first=Aaron|last=Moss|url=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/160968/jewish/What-is-Humility.htm|title=What is Humility?|website=Chabad.org}}
|2={{Cite web|first=Aryeh|last=Citron|url=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1218750/jewish/Humility.htm|title=Humility – Parshat Vayikra|website=www.chabad.org}}
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Rabbi [[Pini Dunner]] discusses that humility is to place others first; it is to appreciate others' worth as important. Rabbi Dunner states that Moses wrote in the Torah, "And Moses was exceedingly humble, more than any man on the face of the earth"({{bibleref|Numbers|12:3}}). How is it possible to be humble and write you are the most humble? The conclusion is that Moses knew he was humble. It is not in denial of your talents and gifts but to recognize them and live up to your worth and something greater. It is in the service to others that is the greatest form of humility.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

The [[Deuterocanonical books|deuterocanonical]] [[Book of Sirach]] has a section on humility in chapter 3, which commences "My son, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts".<ref>{{bibleverse|Sirach|3:17-24|NABRE}}</ref> The editors of the [[New American Bible Revised Edition]] suggest that the writer "is perhaps warning his students [in this section] against the perils of [[Ancient Greek philosophy|Greek philosophy]]".<ref>[[Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc.#Contemporary usage|Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc.]], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=sirach%203&version=NABRE#fen-NABRE-20285b Footnote b at Sirach 3:17], accessed on 29 December 2024</ref>

Amongst the benefits of humility described in the [[Hebrew Bible]], which is shared by many faiths, are [[honor]], [[wisdom]], [[prosperity]], the protection of the Lord, and [[peace]]. In addition, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble" ({{bibleref|Proverbs|3:34}}) is another phrase in the Hebrew Bible that values humility and humbleness.