It's Ok to be Different - Rabbi Yehuda Turetsky

thank you very much for the opportunity to share some words of torah with koala tarakula especially on the occasion of my father's second yard site aaron shalom and shema may his words of torah be lilo nishmasa i once heard a very beautiful observation from one of the greats of the that i think very much is it can frame a lot of what we want to think about out of what we want to do on throughout this time period is theresa omer we know that kumar tells us vamos that one of the reasons why we are in mourning during fierce helmer is because the students of rabia kiva passed away because they were unable to honor they were unable to respect each other properly and as a result unfortunately um they all passed away so it tells us for that reason so here's to omer which should have been this very exciting time period a time period in between is one that has a little bit of a negative or bitter taste because of that sense of mourning which which takes place i once heard a beautiful um just observation this is a time in which uh claudia israel in many ways we can feel and appreciate a variety of geographic and hashgraphic differences perhaps more than any other time of the year on a geographic level those of us who live in eritrea israel are going to be reading a different parasha in the torah than those in khulsa arets that those who nymph the region of chinese shabbos this year passage is a time period in which ashkenazim and sparta have different practices eating kidney oats and not eating kidney o's throughout hasidim and not get brocks when it comes to spheres and omer there are days like yom atmood and yom yusuf there are days like yamashara which are days in which there's been many many true votes written in days that are very complex days of which there has been significant debate for the way that claudius earl as a whole marks and observes or doesn't observe those particular days the suggestion made was that in many ways it's not coincidental in the time period where bikinis tom eden passed away [Music] that we are presented with a time period in which there are so many different practices and so many different perspectives and part of the challenge for us is to see whether we through at our spheres omer can properly be respectful of others properly understand and value that which others believe and to do so in a way in which we can rectify that particular sin to build ourselves to be the kinds of people who are more sensitive and more appropriate and more understanding of others and ezra sham as khazal off and tell us derek harris cudd milotora through that throughout the mem test throughout the 49ers versus omar week missouri big machia to a leaf toph to a good heart understanding of others which is the best form of preparation for kabbalah satoru thank you very much and have a wonderful day as to at this time period fierce omer we do our best to build our relationships with others and strengthen them thanks so much you