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Are You Present In Life ?
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Watch as Reb Moshe Sherrer enters a shivah house, takes off his coat, hangs it up, and sits down for just a minute — only to say “Hamakom yinachem eschem.” Then, he quietly gets up and puts his coat back on. Why did he take off his coat? Because when he is somewhere, he is fully there — present, respectful, and completely in the moment. A small gesture with a profound lesson on presence, empathy, and true sensitivity. #RebMosheSherrer #Shivah #Presence #Empathy #TorahWisdom
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Reb Moshe Sherer once walked into a
shiva house, calmly took off his coat,
hung it up in the closet, sat down, and
said, "I'm welcome you not in this
home." Then just as calmly he got up,
put his coat back on, and walked out.
And someone watching this ran after him
and said, "Reb Moshe, why do you even
bother to take off your coat?"
>> [clears throat]
>> He looked at the man and he said, "I'm
sure you know that I'm a very busy man.
But when I'm there, I'm there, fully,
not half out the door. There."
This is a lesson for all of us. How many
times do we daven with our coats on or
run into a bar mitzvah with our coats on
to say mazel tov, half in, half out,
because we've got somewhere else to go?
How often are we physically somewhere
but mentally somewhere else? Let's
settle ourselves. Be where you are. Take
off your coat.