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Judge the Entire Person and be a Good Friend
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The Students of R. Akiva could not act with loyalty and friendship with one another. What does it mean to be a friend? Here are some thoughts. For more content, visit https://www.rabbiefremgoldberg.org.
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the Jewish people are all in the middle
of the 49 day challenge we're counting
Sierra Solomon in that time we're
working to repair the damage done by the
students of Rabbi Akiva who mistreated
one another who suffered a terrible
plague and many of their demise because
they couldn't act with loyalty and
friendship they weren't able to respect
one another in this time we're growing
in our relationship with Hashem but that
is predicated on a working and good
relationship with one another to do so
to be a good friend have loyalty means
to see the good in one another it means
to give each other the benefit of the
doubt in fact the mission in the opening
paragraph of us we began the specialist
tells us a sailor caribou Kayla her
father the Adonis colada with caps
clothes make yourself a rabbi and the
choir friend and judge every person
favorably what do the one thing has to
do with another what is acquiring a good
friend have to do with how you judge
people but Menachem anciens acts it was
incredible safer but not from seeing a
pickie of us says very simply you can't
be a good friend unless you can judge
others favorably if you're going to look
to criticize and condemn and negate and
you're gonna undermine and speak ill if
you're gonna fail to give the benefit of
the doubt and try to catch the other
person with what they do wrong you're
not a good friend can Nayla for father
be a good friend and what makes you a
good friend that is colla our than the
cosmos judge others favorably given the
benefit but down give him some leeway
we're living in very constrained times
and people are under enormous pressure
it's very hard my friends you never
check in on me I check in on you how
come I heard you're not with us don't be
exactly give others the benefit of the
doubt just let it go and move on to be a
good friend Kenny look how hunger to
acquire friends means to judge others
how do you judge people favorite done is
cold on them judge the entire person not
by that moment not by that man minute
where you had a bad interaction call her
Adam look at the whole picture and the
whole person and then you'll be drawn to
be able to be forgiving and foreboding
you'll be able to be forbearing you'll
be able to see the good in them and to
connect with them that's what it means
to be a good friend because the truth is
and you see the bad in another you
really just seen the band
within yourself in our passion of the
story of Nagoya the plastic says Tommy
Tommy Accra they call out impure impure
the schlocko - Alicia Harwood says Tommy
Tommy acre if you are impure you point
out the impurities in another what you
see as a deficiency a Fault in another
really is a reflection is revealing
what's missing in yourself you know when
you point the finger at someone there
are three pig fingers pointing back at
you really we are magnifiers even more
than what we see in others to show ABS
MacArthur Africa showed our theorem the
Mahabharata Sawa tells us first correct
yourself and then others or first says
that work showed is like in Brook Shinae
or Isaac Shelton vo it showed it means
truth be honest with yourself before
you're in such a rush to be honest with
others in this time let us be good
friends to one another and through that
friendship and loyalty correct and the
repair the damage done by those students
and demerit the gula