43) SPIRITUALITY IS NOT FOR DISPLAY:

Chassidut in general talks about the pivotal role and vital importance of hitlahavut (emotional and spiritual enthusiasm).

Interestingly, this is what the Kotzker has to say about it:

“The hitlahavut of the Jew towards Torah and the service of G-d, has to be hidden within the innermost recesses of the heart, and not exposed for all to see.”[1]

In Kotzk, spirituality, if it is to remain pure, is intensely personal if not private, and is not to be paraded nor worn on one’s sleeve. 

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[1] Amud HaEmet p.69, par. 2

This is alluded to by the small letter ‘mem’ in ‘mokdah’ (Vayikra 6:2), and by the large letter ‘tuf’ in ‘tamim tiheyeh’.