במדרש רבה (פרשה א' סי' ג') וידבר ה' אל משה במדבר סיני באוהל מועד כו', וכיון שעמד אוהל מועד אמר יפה הוא הצניעות, שנאמר (מיכה ו׳:ח׳) והצנע לכת עם אלהיך וכו':
And G-d spoke to Moses in the Sinai Desert, in the Tabernacle of Meeting. (Numbers 1:1) Until the Tabernacle was erected, He spoke with him at the [burning] bush…, and afterward “And G-d spoke to Moses and Aharon in the land of Egypt, saying” (Exodus 12:1), and He spoke with him in Midian… And He spoke to him at Sinai… But once the Tabernacle was erected, He said, “Modesty is the best,” as it says: “walk modestly with your G-d”1Midrash Rabbah, Bamidbar 1:3.
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שמעתי מה שכתב רמ"א (אורח חיים סי' א') וזה לשונו, ולא יתבייש מפני בני אדם המלעיגין עליו בעבודת השם יתברך, גם הצנע לכת וכו', דר"ל דקאי אדלעיל אימתי לא יתבושש מפני בני אדם כשעושה כן גם בהצנע לכת ודפח"ח, והכלל שיהיה תורתו ועבודתו באמת ואמונה, פיו ולבו שוין, בין כשהוא עם בני אדם ובין כשהוא בהצנע לכת: (ס' תולדות יעקב יוסף פ' תצא דקצ"ח ע"א).
Rabbi Moshe Isserles writes: “A person should not be ashamed if other people mock him in his service of G-d. He should also act modestly…”2Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 1:1, based upon Micah 6:8: “…what does the L-rd require of you, but to do justly and to love true loyalty, and to walk modestly with your G-d?” Rabbi Isserles seems to present these as two separate traits: not to be embarrassed of others, and to be modest in one’s behavior, even when alone in one’s house (See Mishnah Berurah, note 7). The Baal Shem Tov explains the connection between the two. That is, when should he not be ashamed of others? When he acts modestly. For the main thing is that one’s Torah study and service of G-d be done in truth and faith. One’s words and heart should be together, be he among others or alone.3Meaning, when a person is completely sincere in his service of G-d, and behaves the same whether he is at home alone or with others, then he will not be ashamed when others mock him. However, if his piety is only external and done to impress others, he should certainly be ashamed when others mock him. Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye also writes in the name of the Baal Shem Tov that when a person is attached to G-d, he will pay absolutely no to those who mock him. Only when he falls from his spiritual attachment will the attitude of others affect him. Toldos Yaakov Yosef, Ki Setze, p. 198a
במדרש רבה (פרשה א' סי' ג') וידבר ה' אל משה במדבר סיני באוהל מועד כו', וכיון שעמד אוהל מועד אמר יפה הוא הצניעות, שנאמר (מיכה ו׳:ח׳) והצנע לכת עם אלהיך וכו':
And G-d spoke to Moses in the Sinai Desert, in the Tabernacle of Meeting. (Numbers 1:1)
Until the Tabernacle was erected, He spoke with him at the [burning] bush…, and afterward “And G-d spoke to Moses and Aharon in the land of Egypt, saying” (Exodus 12:1), and He spoke with him in Midian… And He spoke to him at Sinai… But once the Tabernacle was erected, He said, “Modesty is the best,” as it says: “walk modestly with your G-d”1Midrash Rabbah, Bamidbar 1:3.
שמעתי מה שכתב רמ"א (אורח חיים סי' א') וזה לשונו, ולא יתבייש מפני בני אדם המלעיגין עליו בעבודת השם יתברך, גם הצנע לכת וכו', דר"ל דקאי אדלעיל אימתי לא יתבושש מפני בני אדם כשעושה כן גם בהצנע לכת ודפח"ח, והכלל שיהיה תורתו ועבודתו באמת ואמונה, פיו ולבו שוין, בין כשהוא עם בני אדם ובין כשהוא בהצנע לכת:
(ס' תולדות יעקב יוסף פ' תצא דקצ"ח ע"א).
Rabbi Moshe Isserles writes: “A person should not be ashamed if other people mock him in his service of G-d. He should also act modestly…”2Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 1:1, based upon Micah 6:8: “…what does the L-rd require of you, but to do justly and to love true loyalty, and to walk modestly with your G-d?” Rabbi Isserles seems to present these as two separate traits: not to be embarrassed of others, and to be modest in one’s behavior, even when alone in one’s house (See Mishnah Berurah, note 7). The Baal Shem Tov explains the connection between the two. That is, when should he not be ashamed of others? When he acts modestly. For the main thing is that one’s Torah study and service of G-d be done in truth and faith. One’s words and heart should be together, be he among others or alone.3Meaning, when a person is completely sincere in his service of G-d, and behaves the same whether he is at home alone or with others, then he will not be ashamed when others mock him. However, if his piety is only external and done to impress others, he should certainly be ashamed when others mock him. Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye also writes in the name of the Baal Shem Tov that when a person is attached to G-d, he will pay absolutely no to those who mock him. Only when he falls from his spiritual attachment will the attitude of others affect him.
Toldos Yaakov Yosef, Ki Setze, p. 198a