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Hilchos Shmiras Halashon Lessons From Gemara - Rabbi Yakov Zev Smith
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Hilchos Shmiras Halashon Lessons From Gemara - Rabbi Yakov Zev Smith
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Someone asked me he was learning a
Gmorra says heard from
and he said
Rav must have been asleep when he said
this which not a very complimentary
thing to say when he was asleep. Why is
that? How do you taste a thing?
Then we heard a different question
was learning with his son and they came
to the
something that's worse than death and
that's a a wife and
as his father like who and his response
was your mother my wife she's the one
she's the mother which is of course a
plea in his government why Isn't about
his own wife to his own son and why did
record this for eternity every time we
learn we see this plead exchange
so the emphasis the more you learn the
more to learn the we encounter sometimes
garas that seem to be a question of
lashar as we'll see and I started
collecting these gimmar
and believe it or not this like
hopefully all the we try to have one
that gives us clarity here I think we'll
We magnum this cloud this that I think
will give us clarity to this these gar
and many more really you need a little
before we get to the [clears throat] you
know the gumar tells us
Yeshua was fighting a war with I at
losing and it seemed to be a massacre
and Yeshua fell on his face and he cried
out to Basham help me this not supposed
to happen. So the banish said
Israel. It's not a secret. You know why
you're losing? Because he didn't.
Now Yeshua and all his innocence, he
said, "I don't know who did a what am I
supposed to do?
Tell me who did it and I'll eliminate
him and we could win." So responded.
you think about
make
it will fall on the right person that
did the you'll eliminate him and then
you'll you'll be victorious.
So the obvious question is we're talking
about
there's
says tells us in the terrible that he
did he deserved to be be killed. He
definitely was in Russia and Yeshua was
trying to save [clears throat] and he
said I can't tell you
and the question is obvious if it's so
it's definitely a good reason to to what
kind of what kind of response is this?
[clears throat] We see that even when
there's not only allowed to to say
if it could be avoided if it could be if
you could accomplish the same thing from
a different angle just instead of
talking making a go although
it came out who was the bal so it wasn't
you're hiding his identity everybody
knew but if you could say if you could
avoid saying it it's assa to say it and
this is probably rule number one in
today's even when there's a when there's
a mitzvah
if it could be avoided
or minimized for example the is no good
you don't have to say all the gory
they'll say I don't advise it I know you
I know the other person it's not for you
so clown number one is
but says something incredible in the end
of the he has a of and he says it's not
just a a good mid it's a every year to
live like this. Why? Since that's the
and of
so we have to follow the ways of hem and
live with this fire burning now in
that's an important cloud to understand
when there is a it has to be done only
as a last resort and perhaps this would
shed light on a different
gamorra that seems to be a plea and I
once spoke about lashar and yeshiva
whatever and I spoke to you what has to
be spoken You know, there's no there's
no there's zero tolerance. Someone asked
me afterwards, "But what about the
I know what he's talking about, but I
played dumb." I said, "What do you mean?
What is that?" You know, people thinking
yes, you're allowed to any other Yeshiv
except your own and your own. You're
just allowed to talk about it because
you know better. So there's some type of
of a [clears throat] I said yes. No. Oh,
you're right. I've got to talk about it.
Let me tell you about it. The garra says
in shabas
[clears throat] that
was learning with his colleague Yehuda
and he said the following based on
the pik says by the who was not named it
was it was not there's no name mentioned
so said I identified I know who the was
it was because it says in the
later it says
It was
[clears throat]
there were colleagues first term basis
first name basis
you're in trouble cuz if it's indeed
so the did not disclose identity why did
you
and if it's not you're really in trouble
so I asked
Rabbaka was very yeshivish. He had the
biggest in history. 24,000.
Rabbaka was a sadic and his specialy was
midas. He had good midas. Ra was
learning
with
and yet
felt if you don't have to say it
now again he was learning
but he felt it was unnecessary that's
the
is intolerable [clears throat] but then
maybe another reference to yeshiv
That's the
there's a tal in yeshiva who once said
lash and expelled him. Why? because you
had lash and explains because in that
yeshiva for 22 years there
[clears throat] wasn't lash
imagar imagine
that this yeshiva it was zero tolerance
to
that's
the attitude you have to have and like
believe it or not
he says if someone has a talmid and he
can't they can't stop him from talking
negatively to send them away because
it's it's like it's like a a cancer that
grows you know you have a a a greenhouse
you could grow vegetables without
concerns of insects but once one insect
gets in it's all over and that's to keep
the yeshiva a home a family lash free
zero tolerance there has to be a cons a
focus. We can't let things go by. So
this is where we're starting the
background of the it's
and
basically now we'll we'll start.
So to bring out I will ask a simple
question and we'll try to dissect the
question. Let's say you have a person
otherwise
from and he's doing something wrong.
Unfortunately, too many stories, but you
could have used your imagination. He he
did something do something wrong and he
doesn't seem to be admitting he did
something wrong. Is it mut for rashiva
mashia? Whatever it is to speak publicly
and say listen, you know, he he doesn't
seem to be concerned about it, but this
is a violation of our and we can go on
and say what he has to say.
So the
but however as we will see this is what
in developed a theme that developed
called
which we did not call it such we'll soon
see why but of all people developed a
that if you're saying something for
you're not doing it to damage someone
else but you're doing it to save others
from damage that's not awesome.
Now it's interesting you know we think
that this probably is tell us
put it all together which proves the
point that we often mention was not he
was
and if it means if the emmesist that say
he's the first to write it where did get
this mitzvah to write to say so he
quotes
[clears throat]
In other words, he's being attacked
either by bandits or by by an wild
animal or he's drowning
to save him.
This is the to save someone's life and
all the mitzvah the is one of the
mitzvah but the but the points a a thera
thera expands this of a little more if
you see someone drowning
if someone's about to lose money and you
could do something to save that loss of
money that loss of money you
to do what you can to save another ye
from potential financial loss
in
says this
is to bend them a loss of life or money
as does the
if you see someone's going to lose money
or any other type of loss you have to
get involved and stop that potential
loss and if we add
the
sounds like it's a concern of blood of
life but we know
and understood it very literally
means to save someone's life and save
someone's money
and therefore when he's about to hire a
worker or go into a shiddok or take a
tenant which will be a disaster because
the person is not a good person that
person have has problems emotionally ill
or physically ill or whatever it is. But
if you see something that's about to be
take place that's going to be
detrimental to the innocent victim you
have to speak up even if you're not
asked and say I heard you're thinking of
taking this tenant don't do it I don't
want to get into the details
but I what I'm talking about stay away
the same thing if you could get away
with just saying I know the other party
it's not for you that's I there's no
there's no potential loss of life
includes M says well and he points to
the
definition of is
but if you're doing it to save your
friend from loss that's okay
says it's
doing it for a constructive purpose not
destructive that's not the is
Now the issue is it's it's noteworthy
the
is in the
I'm sorry
doesn't say in the that's the word
what's the very next word
because anytime we have a question
should we speak or not we're walking a
tightroppe it might be the of
it might be the
to talk. So what does a person do? He
learns like everything else and he knows
what to do. Sometimes a mitzvah to talk,
uses a mitzvah not to talk. But the
point is what we call
is really based on this but it's not
really accurate. It's a misnomer cuz if
you have to talk, it's not it's a
when you have a situation of giving
information which you know has to be
conveyed and before you do it don't feel
guilty I'm doing
feel proud and maybe say
and say what you have to say of course
try to minimize that's
but the of
is it's not but there's no other word to
call it. So now we have the
[clears throat]
then adds and this is in a different
place in
important I wish people know this more
more than they do. If you see someone
has a bad mida and he's he's friendly
with your son or your talmid or your
neighbor whatever it is but there's a
relationship that's not healthy whether
he's not doesn't have good midas whether
he has a some terrible ashk or terrible
latas whatever it is but you see a a
friendship that is going to be
disastrous for the innocent victim
even if you're not asked get involved
and do what you what you have to do of
course with because otherwise you're
guilty for that person's downfall
because a friendship does a lot of evil
very often and says
it's
might be to exaggerate in the of the
other person. Now it doesn't mean you're
not a liar. He's not a lie. But if the
only way to break this friendship is if
you have to accentuate and amplify and
and you know really bring it out how bad
this person is. If that's the only way
to do it, you have to do it. So
does say if you're telling that to your
son or your tal you have to make sure
before you do this you have to explain
him that we always talk about lash free
zone and we always talk about as a
terrible thing this is not lash although
I'm saying bad about him but this is
what's called
otherwise you're confusing him you talk
about it how unacceptable it is and you
yourself talk So lama this is one
perfect example unfortunately it's
common in yeshiva there there are
certain friendships that are very
damaging a person has to know there's a
victim and there's a and [clears throat]
that's the
someone told me a story I could not
verify so I'm not going to make say the
names but a god that came from Germany
asked another god says how come by you
yiddish kite is flourishing doing very
well and by us the ascola reeks havoc.
You know what's the difference? The
other said, you know why we're so
successful? Cuz we talk lash.
Now, he didn't mean we talk lash, but
the message I think is very, very vital
because in our countries, in our cities,
when someone does something wrong, we
don't let it go by. We have zero
tolerance. We speak about it. We show
that we're not going to accept that
because if you let things go, you let
him do it. Tomorrow, we do it.
Not so bad. He's also Hish. He's also
Hish
by your country. You're too ad. You're
too nice. It's not right. It's whatever.
All these things. It justifies
allowing things to happen. When things
go on, it goes from bad to worse. Of
course, he didn't mean we talk, but we
talk.
When someone does something wrong,
there's an outcry that that sends the
message the rest of the people.
see it's not going to go on. But the
point has to be as we see that this is
not lush and har letting things go by
just perpetuates the problem. When
something goes wrong, when we see
something wrong, we have to either speak
up or at least try to stop the issue,
but just let it go because you're good
and I'm good. Mind your own business.
That's the ruination
of Yiddish. Now this is
there is an incredible source I think
for the
you ever wonder the following question
there's one of the
and
hold it is to remember the Miriam what
did Miriam do she spoke lot
of
isn't ironic. Every day we remember lash
and har by speaking about who spoke lash
and har. Isn't that a little counter
counterproductive? We say every single
day to remember the
isn't that a question
the terror is that this is part of
because a person would think is bad you
know but you know it's not so terrible
and but to show this zero tolerance even
and it's noteworthy
in the right in the beginning He he
combined the lion of the cri the and
he puts together the following
description of Miriam's quote of
lushhara Miriamus
the spoke about a brother that she loved
him she brought him up she was saved him
from the from the water when he was
thrown in as a as a as a child she
didn't speak
elash that that that she compared to
other she didn't speak in front of
anybody but her
and and
she was punished even though
didn't care. It didn't bother him.
So in a certain sense
is the biggest
it wasn't that the said remember it's
showing how the is even at is like
Miriam who lash was invisible
but there's no tolerance for lashar
and that's probably the most effective
way of conveying the message we don't
allow it ever even a miriam
So this is why it's important to mention
this point you know if by other
religions whoever's the hero is perfect
of course it's not true but you glorify
the hero and that's the way you follow
is very transparent there's no sweeping
under the carpet there's no coverups
there's no whitewashing
the records it
the because it I saw the al the bum
didn't want to talk and identify which
tree was part of the
but but the clearly says that who did
the
ter says to know which tree it is makes
no difference to know that
the of the did and he's held accountable
because there's no excuse that's and
that's the way he explains in
He says
and he develops that was the greatest
she remains the the the image the the
must of zero tolerance even with all the
like we just said from but if there's
not a there's going to be accountability
so in a certain sense is transparent
it's if a person does something wrong it
has to stem If it does, we have to point
out what was wrong and more importantly
what is right, what we have to do.
A friend of mine learned panovich I
think and he called me to say that he
heard from he said the walls were
shaking then was
read in par
she oppressed
and
also was wrong by letting us say
something or do
And the vers heard a cry hog cry and
gave her son
that
is took the liberty had the pl to say
that we suffer the Arabs because
didn't say anything about it.
So I saw a message of
we speak up maybe Abra should have said
something whatever the is but the
accountability how transparent it is you
know there's no there's no brushing
under the carpet if there was an there's
a price we pay
that's the
in understanding what is
so
as I told you says when you see a
friendship or a hiring or anything in
that matter that's detrimental. Not only
but is actually a it's
in a certain sense of
is because sometimes people don't
listen. So you have to accentuate it a
little more to make it work. You know
it's the beginning of in parishes
says comes to the doctor says you
shouldn't eat that and don't go there.
It's not good for you. It's not going to
work. You know it works.
You say don't eat that or don't go
there.
Oh, now you're talking business.
In the end of
he says if a father hears something
that's that's being done
should make it disgusting
in front of his children.
And whoever does that because the we
have to make the wrong things a and
unfortunately live in a world a lot of
wrong things going on the the excessive
gashm the smoking the vaping all these
new things that are capturing our youth
the music that's that has a a whole new
aur to it but parents and have to
sometimes speak up you know it's like a
vaccination a person takes a these these
things are upon him a vaccination You
take it and it saves you from all future
makas. It's an investment. You talk, you
do something now, it saves them later.
Sometimes the right words of of of of of
being intolerable and unacceptable is
the vaccination that children need.
Now we can move on to one more after the
other. I think it's all the same. You
have to make
if there's no concern of then there's
there's a and do it correctly.
Gomorrah says
I think it's another one of the
says
okay who was it talking about
so this is briefly if you look in the in
the end of
and toys. We know by the story of
ini
three times
blinds a person's thought process says
when a person is like a drunk driver he
doesn't say the word drive obviously but
he's like he's drunk you tell him don't
drive he laughs he thinks it's funny he
does a his mind is so blocked and and so
dysfunctional. He doesn't hear what
you're saying. And here
spoke about
you know the message is if even was
affected by
[clears throat] so the message is more
powerful when it's a bigger person. Now
that's why there's no question of
because here it has to be brought out.
But again the there's another that I
think is another one of the
now in this context is not someone that
flatters someone explains is is a faker
he's a farce
but
and they people think oh he's doing the
right thing he's a nice
If you could see through this facade,
they think, "Oh, he's a name. He's a
machine. He's a mid. He doesn't. So why
can't that's so bad?"
So this is
of that
someone is projecting an image as a good
person. He's he stands for from kite but
he did something he did some doing
something wrong and not apologetic
that's breeding a sense of tolerance for
the worst of and rashi is learning to
speak up means not just you know mention
the braza get up and and make I don't
know what to do but is not to let things
go on
I'll read you a a a a statement and then
I'll tell you who says it these These
following families are the disgrace. So
this family based GMA they didn't want
to teach upon him this family of they
didn't want to teach
the hug they didn't want to teach how to
and
all these families
I mean it's bad enough to say
means the name
who said this it's not a nasty pashkill
it's a Mishna a Mishna
and the big tries to explain why they
did it. They had a good justification
but
if something represents a threat to the
public we have to speak up. So because
the message is dangerous the message we
are from we do it. So
consider this
captain
and right away we're talking about
don't be like Shama captain who gets
angry and says the famous story he tried
to get Hill angry he couldn't but Sham
he did but we wonder how couldar say
this fork every child learns s don't be
like shi you know [clears throat] what
the answer might be the sequel of the
story maybe is later in
says that for three years and
and
but
like
if you tell me
why do we pass
And more so it seems that Shai was a big
alarm than Hill because we passed like
Shai.
So why do we pass like like Hill and for
the nation
Rashi explains that they were on him and
not only that hill had the good meters
that when they they argued they let
Shamay talk first and then we'll talk.
Usually you like to you get your you get
your your first but they were no they
was they were good one to the other they
were on him and they allowed Sham to
talk first. Now you might wonder I
understand he'll get an plus on conduct
in his report card he's a very nice
person what does it have to do with
the issra is
who getsra
says [clears throat]
do you know that
in the first classic he touches
Moha's greatness
was like
the and he writes and I quote
if someone today has ofu
he could reach the greatness of
so you see that the the
writes that there were two other which
we mentioned by name who as great as the
and also began writing a so why was the
for
that guys
I the other ones were as good or better
than him
because the wasn't enough
so where do you see don't be a captain
like sh look at look at the
Hill maybe Shu is bigger than Hill but
Hill's
he was to become
so it's it's part of giving over to
ourselves and our children our
grandchildren the the importance of our
novel look at the different Sham Hill
look at different B and two of his
contemporaries
there's another Gmorra that's at first
glance
Now it's a
and what was his crime?
And what did he cause? The puts the
blame on him.
Of course points out it was but this
allowed it to happen. How do you
understand this? The golden
the is he wasn't the bum on the anova
like Rashi explains he should have
killed the one that wanted to stop bring
stop the bring of the carbon and he
should have spoken up. Sometimes a
person has to take a strong stance. You
know they say what's a bal nephesh?
nephesh is someone he's a bum on his
nephesh sometimes the gets out of hand
and we we have we're misguided
has a whole perus
he describes it a person has to have a
balance when to be for when not to be he
calls
those are the words and one of the
examples is
he had a wonderful
but he had to have a time now was ace
not ace to be quiet he should have
spoken up he should have made made more
of a fuss so
[clears throat]
basically when there's a problem the
answer has to be there's a we have to
know what the was
and that's why we can understand the
It's called the people that he killed
even though he didn't kill anybody he
was killed but he was didn't want to
tell us and that's why he was
assassinated. See a person has to have a
bum on his front
probably this is the I mean this might
be more
left for his children don't live in in
why
don't live in that city because they're
they have imagine you open someone
what does it say in it don't live in
that city says this is a realism
otherwise they'll live there and they'll
be affected is a very corrosive
[clears throat]
listen to a story tell me how what you
have what you make of this
w was sitting and
the son of Rashimi
walked by him and didn't stand up so he
he was mbed and he went to tell is that
father I'm sorry tell's father I I don't
have your son I taught him so much he
doesn't think enough of me. So this is a
tell him you're going tell his father
about his son. We would say in in our
term you're snitching or telling the
father you know in the yeshiva boy
someone snitches boy
because they quote but he went to his
father and snitched on him but the
answer is obviously it's he felt this is
he felt his this this was lacking in
their now of course I want to mention
writes whenever you have to try to get
things changed first go to the
perpetrator himself self don't go to the
father his reb the ro first go to the
person and confront me listen I happen
to notice you did something wrong I want
it for your benefit and talk in a nice
way if he refused to listen to you and
it has to be taken care of then you go
to higher authority but I'm sure that
that
had why didn't go straight to but this
is a simple
you see is is is neglecting a mid of not
a time to be quiet time to speak up. So
this is a perfect example of
but when you see it a little more
dramatically and maybe a little more of
a I quote in
was sitting
and
told to his
that look that is bothering me he's
ching me. So the Rebi looked at at at at
who know what's going on here and he was
quiet. He said I won't do it again.
Okay. So the continues that he really he
really he wasn't he didn't want to heed
wasn't the wrong one. But again to see
here
told his raised
him because there was a certain sense of
protection. It's not snitching. It's not
moer. It's getting to the to the to the
because sometimes a person has to hear
things a little stronger. I once said in
the Mishna the Zim and
said if we would be in the it wouldn't
happen that we give once in seven years
70 years if we would be there it would
never happen. the why she this which is
very typical of who was the the shea
person you see in the in in
the he was the worker for three years he
and he was maybe this maybe that so it
sounds like they're saying a very no
noble approach
however was not impressed
not impressed he said
That's your approach. You're you're
going to end up making murderers in
Israel. Now, a very not a very not, you
know, um pleasant thing to tell Rabba.
You're being from Israel. But the
terrorist is obvious. If he felt
approach would take away the deterrent
of people do what they want, they'll get
away with it. them if you leave it as
you know
you you're looking for trouble and he
felt that you have to speak up strongly
says this if someone is pasating
incorrectly and it doesn't help talking
in a nice way you got to be more
forceful because otherwise you leave the
problem unresolved and the message is
worse than that the message is it's not
so important whatever you do is good and
wrong or right as long as whatever it
might be but that's something that we
cannot tolerate
there's a kaducian that interesting is
that please the gigmor says that after
was made a statement don't let them
say they try to show how smart they are
or how not smart you are
they're coming to show that I'm nobody.
I imagine [music] this would happen
today. You know, died and another put up
a sign. I'm not taking any of the B from
that yeshiva because they're a bunch of
chapikakes and they're out to get me. We
look at it and rightfully so. What
what's what kind of plea is that? But
then again, what should I tell you? This
happened the terret is
the the let come in and they ruined the
sh and they ruined his image.
So this would be a
now a little bit of the history if you
look in the
in the
that was very much into pilp and were
trained to appreciate pilp but a very
difficult pilpuda was more you know
covering up ground like we say it's the
old of their and realized that would not
settle from just learning they have to
have you know shul and that wasn't his
style. He says keep them out lisa they
came in and they disrupted the the
rhythm of the shir but laa that's why
once he let them in rabbuda says I told
you why don't you listen see sometimes
when a god has to take a strong stance
it has to it has to be understood has to
be appreciated
question
this is
so called
Ari lion is coming from BV which means
there's a superstar coming from his name
and let's get ready for this
[clears throat]
no so they sat him on the first row in
the in the
t gave a shir gave a sh and this didn't
say a word so he mentioned the end of
the sh something happened It seems that
this lion he spoke about he's a fox in
other words there's nothing great about
him and everybody asked the question
what's the head of
says
he says
nothing so people saw that wasn't that
great so he goes with the that something
that is well known and to to to make it
more force. There's no lash. They they
saw the fact it's interesting who we
think was everything he was so make in
certain instances like this one like you
know if they saw he did it
but could be and I saw
right in cliff cut he also asked this
and he says it's hard to understand
himself in a different place in
he I'm sorry the first that I said
And this is
himself says even though people know
about it you can't talk about it. So he
says that the ta was that
it seems that Rafana was not using his
he wasn't involved he wasn't listening
he wasn't harving because the whole sh
went by nothing to say and he quotes
we'll soon see the the mccur of this but
he quotes the the raam and the when the
is not learning not involved in his
learning you're allowed to give a muslim
even because he's not doing to his
potential and felt If he could sit
through the whole sh and this did not
say anything he's a not that he really
was but he has to work hard and again
started shooting questions and the end
of the story is that is so obviously
when when Mus is given in the right way
it works and it makes a but I think this
point has to be mentioned and again that
when we talk about and yeshiva I have
this all the time see a friend doing
some terrible things. Can I go to the
Rebi? Can I go to Rash and tell him you
know he's into bad terrible things about
slash and horror snitching and scared
about you know
this is of
now of course sometimes parents have to
they they see children other children or
any situation that there's something
wrong going on now is a
because this is not snitching not it's
not
But but of course the person that is
told this has to accept it. It's
something beyond me. A rebi gives a
child mus and the parent the child comes
home and and the and the child is said
but the rebi said this and he's all
upset parent the rebi said that I'm I
can't believe the rebi said that instead
of siding with the rebi you you incite
the child that he was he was wronged and
you're undermining the of the listen to
a gumar that speaks volumes.
He said
he wanted to make an emphasis
many times
was punished because of me.
I used to snitch on him quote unquote in
front of
Rashi says when you give
he doesn't resent it he loves you for it
interesting
you're talking about
in front of he snitched Araba maybe
raka's his descent his ascent to
greatness don't forget he was he was 40
years a late bloomer he started learning
later whatever the is but The maka's
attitude is so important. You know, the
most important thing in a person's life
is when he starts to grow and change and
and and add a little more a little more
and that only happen when a person is is
is
sort of the of the of the
because he's doing what you need most
instead of just making you you're good,
you're good, you're good. He said you
could be better and it brings out the
best of a person. And here you see
He snitched cuz not snitching. It's the
it's the
will hopefully give us a little guidance
into a that's
where
and in response said
which I don't want to touch but like
there's no he has no brains he's
brainless how
Someone say that and don't forget that
ley was a tal of rebi and this is what
he said. So the kavesur has a famous
chuva. It's unbelievable to see. He
collects gummoras where it seemed that
they said this is the dev where people
spoke very sharply to others. See we're
talking about he talking about but in
this truth bay he point he asked this
question and he says he says this wasn't
because rebi felt that lady has much
more potential and he wasn't using it.
He was just sitting and and and and a
question that came out wasn't fully
thought, wasn't processed and that's an
if you ask a question a question that
doesn't that's that we call a dumb
question once you do it again but the
Rebi responds that doesn't pass you.
much better than that. And he says, I
believe, so this says the says this, I
believe that this the
quotes in in
that if a tal is being misal is
learning, you're allowed to criticize
him. You're allowed to be m him because
if he doesn't respond nicely, you got to
really bring out what's wrong. So here
you see a gar that looks like it's and
really it's the
to bring out the best of a is necessary.
Now, of course, they today's them are
softer. They need a different approach
as has been said. But the point is to
turn a blind eye is not doing anything
for anybody. This to give over the
impression I mean it for your good and
it's only for your good that should
bring that should should bring more from
to the
course we understand
is the same idea to bring out the best
of them. And then I understood what
could be another
writes when when a person feels that if
he talks gently it won't be listened to
he has to have a stronger response. The
same idea
and
if if it's not working you have to use a
little harsher approach.
I once had talked to a baka and he he
was a bak that mish would would talk to
his talk down and mish take tear him
apart couldn't be I says you know when
you learn you have to have a certain
amount of meat I started telling the
gamor in that I mentioned earlier about
shami and hill he says but you used to
get angry when you spoke that wasn't
good I he says oh narish
was the epitome of
But I told him, listen,
when you get to Baron, you you'll know
what to do. But at this I told him
besides what I told him
and
a very painful question.
Why do we see that children are not as
great as the father?
him one is that because they call
they call a person a donkey. What that
mean? You walk the street, you're a
donkey.
Maybe a little bit when they get a
little too excited, say the wrong thing,
it's
maybe
but that's already
it has to be
when someone's as big as a baron he'll
know what to do. Gra I want to tell you
I once heard this from he told me he
grew up in Barak. He was an American
boy. He learned to he went to Terodas
and then he went to bar and he said he
came to bar and he wasn't used to it. I
mean the the the fire bar was something
he wasn't he wasn't exposed to. So he
went to his and says you know I don't
understand that bar is like such a stick
fire. He goes
and he said the following I'm going to
dramatize a little bit but what he said
basically was imagine someone comes um
you have 10 fingers right? You don't
need all 10 do you? Give me one of them.
He has a big knife. He's about to you
know make a what what would your
response be
maybe don't do that we say get out of
here don't touch my finger don't get
near it right
was his life his blood his his
everything and you said this you're
playing with his life that was
but for the rest of us we have a
We have we have a gor about hill and we
have they have to we have to explain
what they meant.
But until that when you get to that that
high plateau we have to go with the
pastures of the [clears throat]
says
and he ended up almost giving him to
eat. And who was that?
And this sound like as lash as can be
you say don't do like him and he almost
but the is that this is the ultimate
people they they're very strict at home
and it could bring out the worst in in
whether it's a wife or children and has
to show even a great person
almost lost everything because of
so it's all the same idea we have to try
to understand that people are us are are
hear things about God and somehow it
works much more.
What I found inspiring,
which is really a a a frightening
statement in that
and yet we know when she her sister
and she was punished terribly.
I mean it you know it's not like it was
the calls.
So I think there's a he between the mice
of Miriam. You look at the Miriam and it
was there wasn't there wasn't
a bad
but but
he points out one of his
but is like a fire a person puts hand in
fire he burns his hand I he
fire burns it's a nature he says
is a fire that burns and he connects the
gmorra panina and Miriam from a
different angle
He says that
as of
it was a time of they were leaving and
it was a time of of it was so much going
on and like it was almost like an
accident but there's no tolerance in
so even though it it should be excusable
not from so obviously panina and have
something in common it was an with the
kite but fire burns burns which of
course is an incredible lesson and but
more so whenever we learn the
we wonder what's and we remember
is a fire that burns
the says in in
that
how good the Romans were
said they're not good and a different
Yehuda Benim and told what happened to
his family. It got back to the
government and that began the 13 years
of of of gulus that we know the lived in
a few places
he didn't go to the government straight.
He's told his family but that was a
mistake. Don't tell something as you
know as political as that to your family
because people like to tell other people
and spells this out really says it was
punished terribly because even when
there something doesn't seem to be a
problem we have to think and think you
know see what's we have to
another example example
and a few other places in Res said when
How do you understand that? He said when
he's asleep
in the end of his he says this and I saw
the
say the exact same thing. A person when
he's attached to a gof is limited. He
can't go too high because he's saddled
down by the gof. But when a person goes
to sleep at night is his nish goes
upward and it's pure nish. And they both
say the same lim. A person in his sleep
could be massive. What it takes him
otherwise 70 years to be mass
and that's when the
heard says this is so full of it's so
deep it's so ms it had to be that you
said it when you were asleep. So from
this we see he was showing the covenant
of Rav the greatness of that. So next
time we think oh I they said it I could
say you know I also the of they said is
and that's what
gives a good don't tell him this cuz he
might not know and then you're insulting
him question
they would ask him
and what kind of question you ask
someone after the did you get So now
does he know
says no he says again everything had to
have said maybe people knew how bad his
wife was so it's not
but could be the is I think I once saw
this kenzine the
is past tense
is now you see in a marriage in every
relationship there's always mileus a
wife can have many mileus but after a
while we Humans get conditioned
what what do I think about that's now
she did something well now that's that's
means even though it happened in past
tense but I appreciate the are you a
person look at the or you is right now
the what about all the what you have
that's given that's that's the worst
attitude of marriage so is are you a
matzah person you always happy with what
you have or you might see your focus on
the current
but it gets a little more difficult
like I told you that as father who he
says
and
again he wasn't looking for looking for
he said again maybe the riches of this
rebbit that of of rebbitson of rahudam
was so well known it wasn't lashen
But again, you look at the you might see
a very important insight because the
Gmorra says how could you how could he
say that his wife was Mar
himself said that that he his wife was
wonderful. Look at that wife
and your mother was the one.
So freak was she mas or she was a mcc of
sim says both were true she was easy she
was got angry quickly but she was easy
to overcome and to
so here he's saying the same
it's up to you decide mother
but you could transform that into a
wonderful wonderful again he he stayed
with her but the point is every that
seems tricky is really not tricky. It's
a lesson. I'll leave you two more
gummoras which really need a little more
but at least just think about the
message in tinus they ended the mis of
Shim they spent 13 years with his father
in the cave and he was going on and he
was very very happy because he learned
to harve and we know the story he met a
person was
says it was alohi
and he for some reason he let it out
like wow how ugly you are and the whole
story how got went from bad to worse
They don't want to forgive him. But the
Pelle is you know
to say such a thing and and the person
and
was just to set up this whole story
were teaching us what it means talking
and thinking before you talk. We don't
we don't say this on but in a moment of
weakness he says something without
thinking and look at the message for
is supposed to pick up a person in this
case it it out the worst of him and the
last
went to a place that they were very
steeped in
and again he came to a point that when
they gave an aliyah instead of
and he had to bring him back to his now
is telling us this what's the if we ask
that then we need to because the danger
of involvement in is so powerful that it
could take a ag
and turn
so obviously there are other gar but the
is rule number one rule number two is
when something is wrong, we can't
tolerate it. And rule number three is we
think before we talk. Abolataya is
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Hey
Father,
Dang.
was perfect but still
must be a
just
first of all we saw that the rule number
one
is unacceptable nothing to talk about
there is a situation of
that it's but it's not the is
intolerable there's the mitzvah at times
of speaking up was
you want to call that is
but he was held accountable and yeshiva
the potential of yeshiva 22 years
without
the same
when it's a mitzvah it's not an when
it's there's a when there's a to talk up
when necessary now of Of course, if you
could get away with just saying it's not
the sh is not for you. Don't hire him
without talking. That's when
plays an important role. The constant
the the zero tolerance is of take the
attitude that we don't talk about other
people. Sometimes that's wrong.
Sometimes it's necessary to this of
could be a that no but nobody's above
the law. number one and number two even
even a situation that it's mish pier
some of it but this is the the rashi and
par
is the teaching us that sometimes a
person doesn't respond unless you talk
you know a little more sternly but
that's what's necessary to to to to get
the point across the
came three times highlights what k could
is to make sure that people don't don't
learn from a person that really is is
missing a lot
of the mission is on people that were
selfish captain because the Torah is
tainted and you can't be the goddess of
hil if if you don't have the of the
destroy the amdash whatever that means
but again has to be a besh
a person is not snitching when he goes
to the of the rebi the whatever it is
he's not he's doing in a very important
way was when someone snitched on him so
to speak
because they had a different and it
would just disturb the
because he wanted more from him it
wasn't he was talking down to him he was
talking up to him the concept of the
what we saw that this is even though
but is like fire and when fire burns
even if
we if a person has to
the of
it's basically giving us a attitude that
you want to be happy look at the good
don't look at the bad you're going is
also the same way and we're left with
two goras
frightening gmorus but a person could
fall if he's not on guard and the person
has to maintain the kaduca messiah Hey,
nice.