Misplaced Humility: Digital Learning Booklet (Not Printable)

Misplaced Humility
The flaw that destroyed us and the key to rebuilding
 
The sins that brought down the first Beis Hamikdash were ones a society could recognize: idol worship, forbidden relations, bloodshed. The second is harder to account for. The generation that lost it was learned and observant, and the Gemara blames Sinas Chinam, but it also names something far stranger: a failure of leadership it calls too humble.
Rabbi Zecharya ben Avkolas stands at the center of that accusation. He betrays no one and acts in no malice. He simply hesitates, defers, and waits for others to decide, and the Gemara holds that hesitation responsible for the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash.
 
This Three Weeks booklet explores that misplaced humility: what it is, when a prized virtue turns into a fatal flaw, and what real leadership and confidence look like in our own everyday choices.
Includes Hebrew and English source texts, Points to Ponder discussion questions, and a companion podcast episode.
 
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