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The highest one always looks down, in order to give.

Keter, the Crown, is the head of the sefirot, and imitating it means sanctifying one's own head. First, and including all the rest, is humility: the Crown always looks downward to give, so a person should not lift his head in pride, and should despise no creature, since God sustains everything 'from the horns of wild oxen to the eggs of lice.' Then each feature: thought kept free of anything ugly and turned to Torah; a forehead without harshness, that calms the angry; ears that admit no gossip; eyes open to the poor; a nose that breathes patience; a face always shining; a mouth that speaks only good.

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