Mishpatim: Clean Through and Through

Welcome to and thank you for joining us. this ear that heard on harina the words of one of the ten commandments one of the sign not to steal thou shalt not steal and it went in that's what happened to the you get the soul for stealing so the ear that ear gets near that ear gets pierced so has a very simple kasha ladies and if you learned lessons with you know that doesn't go on stealing property or money or items or objects that goes on a kidnapper. So even if he would have heard and and taken the len, he stole it. He couldn't pay back. That's why he has to sell himself as nothing to do with the So what is actually saying the heard and yet it stole and had to sell himself and now he's didn't take it seriously. He did take it seriously. He's not a kidnapper. Has nothing to do with Kakasha. So he said over something that he heard he was hear directly from said but doesn't just mean shall not steal or thou shall not kidnap. That means don't be af that means don't be a person of gene. There's a million ways you could steal. You can is stealing. The says if somebody wants to understand something and learning the rabbi gets frustrated or the mo they get impatient they're stealing. The says over there the tal's right to know because it says you can steal a person's right to answer. If you're in a conversation with somebody and you arguing or you say something you don't let them you there's a million ways you can steal it. says, "Of course, the black and white den is going on the fascist, but the is of the fascist itself is told to in way a license knife because it's telling you don't let theft come out of you. Don't steal someone's parking spot. Don't don't cut off somebody in your car and steal their right." There's a million ways somebody feels good about themselves. You tell them I don't love what you're wearing. You just stole their rights to feel good about themselves. There's a million little acts of gene that a person could do. Can't get to any of those things. All that says actually saying it heard that and it stole that means it didn't really understand the message of that means kidnapping that's that's what it's going on but what it's telling you what the wants from you and if you look on he says this virtually in all the he doesn't just he says don't be a person who steals or associates with thieves don't be a murderer don't be a person who associates or partners with murderers don't have murder in your life don't have theft in your life don't have ne in your life not long After World War II, he told me over Satass had a dry cleaner all in the early years and he got a suit one day and when he was cleaning the suit, he saw there was a big a lot of cash in the pocket and he asked of the shop who was the price of consignment do I have to give it back if the if the uh if the client is not Eid and he said no you don't have to you can keep it it's it's great what does it what does do no money goes and gives it to the rabbi. The rabbi has money. He brings it to the rabbi says, "Thank you. Where do you have so much money from?" And he told him the truth. I got it. Then I asked the shop and he said, "I can keep it." The next day the rabbi calls him. His name was also um I want you to take the money back. So he said, "Why rabb it's it's said I can keep it." He said, "For three reasons. One is even if it's not maybe he won't know that what happened, but it's not a kid. You have a chance to make a kid." One, two is I think it'll be good for business if you give it back. It'll be publicized. People will know that you're honest for dry cleaners. That's nice. Two. And three is, and this is the the one I'm getting to, it's not good practice to make money. Don't don't get comfortable taking money from another person's pocket. That means maybe in this case going, but it's not who you want to be. You want to be a person of honesty, of integrity, of decency, of virtue. You don't want to get into the habit of making money that way. You don't want to make sleazy money. You want to make clean money. You want to make holy money. So I was telling him there are other ways to make money and this is not the best way to do it. Like knife maybe it means a professional but it means don't be a thief.