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חובות הלבבות
שער הבטחון, פרק ד
וְאָמַר אֶחָד מִן הַחֲסִידִים אֲנִי תָּמֵהַּ מִמִּי שֶׁנּוֹתֵן לַחֲבֵרוֹ מָה שֶׁגָּזַר לוֹ אֶצְלוֹ הַבּוֹרֵא וְאַחַר כָּךְ יַזְכִּיר לוֹ טוֹבָתוֹ עָלָיו בּוֹ וִיבַקֵּשׁ לְהוֹדוֹת אוֹתוֹ עָלָיו. וְיוֹתֵר אֲנִי תָּמֵהַּ מִמִּי שֶׁקִּבֵּל טַרְפּוֹ עַל יְדֵי אַחֵר מֻכְרָח לְתִתּוֹ לוֹ וְיִכָּנַע לוֹ וִיפַיְּסֵהוּ וִישַׁבְּחֵהוּ.
Chovos HaLevavos · Shaar HaBitachon, ch. 4
Rishonim · Rabbeinu Bachya ibn Pakuda
Chovos HaLevavos
Shaar HaBitachon, ch. 4
One of the pious was amazed at a giver who asks to be thanked, and more at a receiver who humbles himself before the giver
One of the pious said: I am amazed at one who gives his friend what the Creator decreed [the friend should receive] through him, and then reminds him of his kindness in it and wants him to thank him for it. And I am even more amazed at one who received his livelihood through another, who was compelled to give it to him, and [yet] humbles himself before him, tries to please him and praises him.