A lesson on people pleasing - Spirituality

First Published February 27, 2025Last Updated October 21, 2026by Binyamin Rutstein

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A lesson on people pleasing

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and self centeredness from Torah.

What Does an Idol Have to Do With People Pleasing?

Tzvi Hirsch of Nadvorna, in Tzemach Hashem LeTzvi, explains that an idol isn’t just a statue or object—it’s the energy of people pleasing.

How Is an Idol Like a Relationship?

Rabbi YY Jacobson puts it like this: an idol is like a relationship where the “idol” will accept anything,

While the person who worships it takes advantage of that acceptance to get what they want without really respecting the idol’s true value.

Is People Pleasing an Opposite of Being Humble?

“People pleasing is an opposite of being humble”

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What does Torah say about people pleasing?

This short lesson looks at people pleasing and self centeredness, and it comes from Torah. Tzvi Hirsch of Nadvorna, in Tzemach Hashem LeTzvi, explains that an idol is not just a statue or object. It is the energy of people pleasing. Rabbi YY Jacobson then compares an idol to a relationship.

What did Rabbi YY Jacobson say about people pleasing?

In this lesson, an idol is the energy of people pleasing. Rabbi YY Jacobson puts it like this: an idol is like a relationship where the idol will accept anything. The person who worships it takes advantage of that acceptance to get what they want, without really respecting the idol's true value.

Is people pleasing a form of humility?

No. This short Torah lesson says that people pleasing is an opposite of being humble. The lesson names people pleasing side by side with self centeredness, right in its opening words. So in this teaching, pleasing people and being humble are not the same thing.

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