Let us recall the literary image of the hero Ilf and Petrov Ostap Bender, who claims that success is most possible when there is a lot of incomprehensible around and at the same time unconditionally reading only the Criminal Code.
He is interesting, charismatic, bright. For many generations of people of different nationalities, the character of the great combinator is one of his favorite humorous images. If you read this novel, answer: who managed to argue or influence the plans of the "son of a Turkish subject"? Obviously nobody. Bender is undoubtedly witty, self-sufficient. Seriously speaking, it is an encyclopedic example of a Jew using the purely Jewish principle of life, whose name sounds like hutspa. The meanings of this word can be briefly revealed only superficially. (Other nations have no analogue of this principle.)
Hutspa and her fakes
This article examines the meaning and features of the principle that the descendants of David are guided by, its name has become a household name and pronounced as "hutspa". This is a certain social pattern of active behavior, excluding passivity, shyness, timidity. Moreover, with the help of hutspa, the qualities of a leader are formed in a person from childhood.
At the same time, the necessary condition for using it is sociability and intelligence. A sense of humor is appreciated. There is another subtlety in the hutspa recipe. It should be peppered with a pinch of cheerful insolence. It’s important not to overdo it. Otherwise, instead of hutspa, rudeness will turn out, and instead of an intelligent Jew, Zhirinovsky will be aggressive towards people and even to entire countries.
However, distortion of this concept is also enough. For example, it is illegal to use this word in the name of a scandalous movie called "Hutspa Fucheji". A politicized film on this subject clearly vulgarizes both the Jews and the meaning of the Hutspa. Indeed, audacious courage in defending one’s rights by a person is one thing, and bloodshed is another. (Remember the words of Ostap Bender in The Golden Calf: “I didn’t kill, they killed me.”) Political technologists with a certain amount of meanness called a movie after the odious head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Odessa Fuchetzhi, who gave a scandalous interview after the tragedy of 05/02/2014. A deliberately uninvestigated flagrant crime filmmakers in advance and indiscriminately associated with Jewish tradition. Why do they aim to stimulate anti-Semitism? The question remains open.
Hutspa examples
Back to the story. Perhaps the hutspa that shocked the world is the formation of the state of Israel itself. She allowed the ancient people, permanently deprived of their homeland, to regain it in the distant 1948. Insolence, the ability to adequately withstand the violent acts of opponents allowed the Jews to set a precedent for the return of their homeland.
However, there was neither super impudence nor lawlessness. It should be noted that when Israel was created, Jews initially followed international legal acts. As you know, on the eve of its creation (11/29/1947), the UN adopted a plan for partitioning Palestine. Well, then the really Jewish hutspa began - the war for independence, where a tiny country managed to effectively confront the League of Arab States. It was necessary to show character, and the Jews showed it. The state took place.
However, most often hutspa externally manifests itself at the level of "verbal duels." In this context, as an example, recall the recent replica of Kolomoisky. To the acute journalistic question of why he uses dual citizenship in violation of the current Ukrainian legislation, the owner of Privatbank objected that he has three citizenship, and this is not legally prohibited.
Hutspa vaccinated since childhood
To any nation, to the same extent as Jews, the phraseology “dogs bark, but the caravan goes” does not fit. We must give them their due, they are constantly aimed at success in various areas of society. Moreover, they act not blindly, not "randomly", but guided by special rules and principles. And it works! Huspa is inculcated in Jewish children. How to learn this state of mind? Gradually, from generation to generation, vaccinate his children. Jews, before the creation of Israel, lived in different countries for centuries, were not their titular nation. They were forced to compete for social bonuses with opponents who were in a more preferred position. Success did not immediately come to them. But they patiently walked towards him, properly raising their children.
Remember the words of the once most popular Lebedev-Kumach song from the youthful film “The First Glove”:
At every failure
Know how to give back, Otherwise, you will not see good luck!
A certain social pattern of active behavior was laid. Jews are encouraged in their children to compete in their profession, the absence of unnecessary modesty, the ability to argue convincingly, defending their position. Jewish child learns to focus on their common sense.
The descendants of David do not fundamentally beat their children, do not scold for a mistake, but help with advice, contributing to the upbringing of creative approaches and quick wits.
From parents to children, from generation to generation, hutspa is instilled. This fundamentally distinguishes Jews from non-Jews (goyim). One of the hutspa rules is not to perceive the power blindly imposed on you, be it by the state, leader, etc. Moreover, you should not only have your own personal, individual opinion, but you must also uphold it. Such education is laid by the family in the Jewish child of cheating. Dispute and conflict management is what the Jews succeeded in.
Common sense and hutspa
Do Jews have common sense and hutspa? These are two sides of the same coin! Common sense is a compass showing the course of life, and hutspa is armor that prevents outsiders from interfering in the position of the arrow. Remember Charles Dickens’s novel, Great Expectations.
There is a phrase that the most precious thing a person has is his common sense. It was about the fact that a person can lose a lot in life, but then this loss can be made up for. However, having lost his common sense, in the future he loses everything.
Who benefits from demonization of the hutspa
Many, succumbing to the cliches of ideology, claim that hutspa is Jewish super impudence. Already in this very expression anti-Semitism is hidden! Let us ask a counter question: “Over the impudence of whom? And what, are other nations also impudent?” Let's be fair, because it was not the Jewish nation that unleashed the two most arrogant actions in the history of mankind - two world wars. Not the Jews, after all, they starved tens of millions of people with infinite surplus-appropriation. And today, Jews do not descend to the cave level to declare a whole nation fascists. In this case, they correctly speak about specific persons.
In a word, hutspa consists in insolence adequate to external attacks, in the ability to stand up for oneself, and the ability to present one's personality in competitive conditions. And yet it is full of clichés “Khutspa - Jewish super impudence.” Undoubtedly, despots with the help of “pocket” mass media are very profitable to categorically distort the tribal, born in a truly advanced nation, which has become the property of this nation to defend its own dignity. Perhaps, misinterpreting the essence of the hutspa, they want to turn other nations away from its pursuit?
Wisdom and Hutspa
A person must be resistant to external influences. If he does not follow his Tao (life path), then his personality is unlikely to take place. Who knows how many people do not like! You never know who wants to make him follow their desires! Just think, someone wants to change his personality for his own convenience! This does not work with the Jews.
Indeed, hutspa (super impudence) - a Jewish national trait - is somewhat akin to artificially extended teasing of teenagers, but it manifests itself more intellectually. A Jew can besiege an insolent man, paralyzing him with one of his extremely penetrating and even more impudent phrases.
Hutspa at home
In everyday life, Jews are intelligent, their family life is a model for following, they get along with their neighbors, with colleagues at work. As a rule, these are people respected in their specialty. But their social position is not conformist. A Jew, following the hutspe, will not remain silent if his interests are violated, even if this is covered by law.
Personal pride encourages him to defend his "I" immediately, when he attacks him, he will immediately and decisively enter into an argument, even in conditions of uncertainty. Indeed, Jews are very uncomfortable for those trying to fish in troubled waters. Notice the trend, they have always been tried at the state level to oppress empires. Why? They do not allow anyone to "get on your neck."
Hutspa and humor
By the way, hutspa (super impudence) is a national Jewish trait, fully manifested in the phenomenon of Odessa humor. His characters are bright, extremely self-confident and self-centered. They seem to compete among themselves in the acuteness of phrases: Sarah with Abram, Abram with Moysha. They try to prove themselves with each phrase, trying to exceed with an irony the intellectual level of the interlocutor. Tell me, hutspa shown in this way - isn't that funny?
At the same time, Jews should not be open, persevering, single-minded.
