Fixing Our Mistakes - Rabbi Shmuel Silber

foreign the planning of funeral was more difficult than the death of a loved one meaning what the imara explains that there was a sense of competition about who could put on a nicer funeral there was pressure to spend exorbitant amounts of money on burial shrouds on a casket on a more elaborate levia more elaborate funeral to the point that the guimara says that sometimes for certain families the stress the financial stress of planning a funeral was more acute and more intense than the stress than the pain then the difficulty of the loss itself to the point that igimaru says that some families went to such Extreme Measures sometimes families felt such Financial pressure to put on an elaborate funeral that they do not have the funds for that they would literally abandon the body of their loved one allowing for someone else to take care of the burial could we even imagine such a thing a financial pressure so intense for a levia to put on a funeral that families literally gave up the opportunity of Performing that cancer performing their act of kindness for their loved one abandoned the body and left the responsibility of burial upon the Greater Community [Music] decided that he left in his last will and testament I want to be buried in a simple linen shroud and the burial practices that we have to this very day piston the idea that today we use a simple shroud simple shrouds linen shrouds a simple casket is all thanks to rub again Leo so is an incredible guimara just to see the evolution of Aloha but I think that there's another incredible lesson as well which is sometimes in life we see things that are broken we see situations that are broken we see circumstances which require repair and it's so tempting to talk about it or to lament it or to complain about it but the children teaches us something so profound when you see something that's broken so stand up and fix it when you see something which is in a state of disrepair roll up your sleeves and try to do something about it when you see something that is misfiring that is not really being conducted in the appropriate way don't talk about it don't fetch about it don't lament about it don't gossip about it do something about it be a leader be proactive take the steps to write that which is wrong take the necessary action to engage in corrective in corrective Dynamic activity says it's so easy to sit by the sidelines and talk about all the things that are wrong all the things that are broken but the job of a Jew is to become a leader and to do something about it because we all saw there was a problem and he did less talking and more acting each and every day we come across things in life that are in a state of disrepair maybe it's disrepair in my own personal life maybe it's disrepair in my personality a sense of disrepair in my life relationships and we talk about these things and we analyze these things and we discuss these things we lament these things teaches us when you see something that is broken when you see something that is in a state of disrepair in the greater World in your relationships and in yourself find the courage to take action find the courage to roll up your sleeves and try to fix that which is broken wishing everyone a wonderful day