Keep a Low Profile

The Torah lists a number of blessings that we will receive, if we observe the commandments. We will be given abundance in the land. The land will produce as well as the animals and cattle. Our enemies will run away from us in fear. Hashem will establish us as a holy nation. But there is one Pasuk that describes the blessing in a way that gives an important message.

The Torah chooses to use a word that is found only twice in all of Tanach. The wording is that “Hashem will command his blessings, באסמיך, in your granaries.” This seems to be redundant in connection with the other blessings of abundance and prosperity.

The commentators use this word, באסמיך, in a different. Within this word, is also the word, סמוי, which means hidden. The Torah is teaching that blessings are found within man, on things that are סמוי מן העין, hidden from the eye.

This means that we must keep a low profile. We must not boast to others of our successes. If we talk too much about our families or our finances, we are blocking the blessings. It is no longer hidden from the eyes.

The less we talk about ourselves and our families, the better it is. We should not brag or boast. Everything is from Hashem, so we have nothing to brag about. We must realize that we are actually harming ourselves by such talk.

We might make others who are less fortunate feel bad. And we might be causing others to be jealous of us. But the worst thing of all, is that we are blocking the blessings from reaching us. Always try to be modest and humble. That is the true path of Torah, and that is the path that yields the greatest rewards and blessings.