NUM341 According to rabbinic tradition, Moses exemplifies the tov ayin, the person whose acts are prompted by a "good eye." A story from the midrashic collection, Numbers Rabbah, points out that Moses generously accepts Joshua as his successor in leadership, never an easy task: "Adonai said to Moses, 'Single out Joshua, the son of Nun, a man who has spirit in him, and place your hand [sic] on him' [Numbers 27:18). But Moses responds with such nedivut that 'he placed both his hands on Joshua' [this verse] (Num. R. 21:15). So too, R. Yose b. R. Hanina teaches: "The Torah was originally given only to Moses and his descendants. But Moses generously shared it with all Israel. Thus the Bible refers to Moses when it says: 'He that has a generous eye shall be blessed' [Proverbs 22:9]" (Ned. 38a). Few of us will have the chance to emulate such extraordinary netivut; however, Yehiel b. Yekutiel provides us with an example of a tov ayin in more routine circumstances: "If a mitzvah presents itself, [such a person] summons his resources so that he may do it with a good eye, specifically including the humility not to do it for the sake of receiving a reward (and therefore being proud in his heart), or making a show of his merit before others" (Sefer Maalot Hamiddot). In other words, a person with a "good eye" recognizes the opportunity to do a good deed as soon as it appears, and then matter-of-factly acts on it.