piety
I heard from a well-known and famous rabbi that one of the criteria for determining whether a person is God-fearing or not is how much he is willing to invest (money, time, soul, etc.) in performing a mitzvah. First, I think this is a mistake because a person has dozens of considerations about whether or not and how to perform the mitzvah. Of course, performing the mitzvah does not depend on a person’s fear of God, so other considerations can push a person away from performing the mitzvah. What do you think? And second, what do you think is the criterion for determining whether I am God-fearing or not? In other words, how can I know whether or not I am a God-fearing person?
This is too general a statement to discuss. You are right that there are different considerations, but if you look at all the mitzvot and all the actions of a person, this may certainly be a measure. Let’s put it this way: two identical people (or you yourself in two different situations) in similar circumstances and different piety, this will be reflected in their performance of the mitzvot. Since it is not possible to create such a scientific experiment on certain people, we move on to large groups and rely on statistics to work.
I don’t know. A person is supposed to know himself. External indications are required for other people. I will just add that if you are troubled by this question, then it is likely that you are indeed God-fearing.
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