I am Batyah Ginzberg, the CEO and Founder of "Ginzberg Creative Arts and Writing, Inc." I am a descendant of the Davidic Line of the Mashiach. I am an Israelite Hebrew Priestess, and my father was a Hebrew Levi Priest. I am an information research specialist, a librarian, an artist, a blogger, a writer, and a businesswoman. I am writing in honor of my Rabbi, in memory of my father Emanuel Ginsburg, and in honor of my mother Jarie Granton. These inspirations Batyah has written are her personal accounts of her understandings of The Hebrew Proverbs based on the original Hebrew text and are written in her creative stream of consciousness poetic style of writing.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

"Be Not Thou Envious Against Evil Men,
Neither Desire To Be With Them."
~Proverbs 24:1
 
Did you ever meet a rich man who you did not like, but wanted to be his friend because you wanted to schmooze up to someone who has prosperity, but that rich man had no ethics, no kind words to give you, and he only wanted to be in the company of others who he esteemed, because it made him look good? Finding companions who are kind people who do not have the plan to use you for their own personal gain, is not easy to do. Why should someone be good to another? Is there something he could gain from an interpersonal relationship: money, prestige, rewards, honor? If this person obtains honor and money, and uses people to get to this "higher" level, should we want to be evil too to get what he has? Should we be envious of his gain, his property, his material wealth or so-called esteemed reputation, when the truth is that he got where he is by stepping on others' toes? Withholding wages from his workmen, or working in an unlicensed business cheating and lying in false publicity to get money from the innocent poor man who needs what he sells. Be not envious of a man who works illegally to get where he is, not paying taxes, not be honest with his customers and selling them something that is not worth the money that is required as payment. It is not something to desire to do yourself, it is not something to be envious of because the evil man has earned his money hurting others. Do not find rich men to want to be with them, if this is how they became rich. Men who should be esteemed are men who study Torah not wiling away their time devising how they can cheat a consumer to get their money. Do not desire their company, because they will cheat you too, and be dishonest with you too. Find a good heart, a person who does not use others for their personal or business gain. Find a true friend and once you have found him, never let him go. Make new friends; and keep the old.
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