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Shemos: The Reason the Jewish People Have Had the Most Challenging History of Any Nation {Mi Ha'ish}

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there's a question that we could ask we might be afraid to ask this question we probably think it but we shouldn't be embarrassed to ask it because this question was raised by none other than M himself and that is if you look throughout history of all the nations who were ever created the disasters that we've faced and we've encountered have been unparalleled By Any Nation no Nation ever had to face what we've had to encounter in terms of tragedies throughout history four Exiles Crusades Inquisition Holocaust in our own lifetime October 7th and if we would have perhaps the courage we might ask why us and there are a number of reasons for it actually it shows hm's love for us that Hashem wants to perfect us but this is a question articulates in this week's para par sh that when d and a said to mha who criticized them for fighting who do you think you are are you our ruler are you going to kill us by speaking and mentioning God's name like you killed the mitz the says was afraid and he saided the matter is known Rashi quot the now I know says mha the answer to the question that always plagued me why in what way did we sin more than any of the 70 Nations that we are being enslaved with backbreaking labor you know why say now I know why because there are tattlers among our people there are people who tattle and speak about our shame there are balara think about what m is saying M saying the reason why the Jewish people encountered it in MIM tragedy that no other Nation ever encountered is because there are people who can't keep information that's derogatory to themselves and they say it and it causes damage to other Jews people who are not careful in the laws of lashara are responsible for the tragedies that occur to the Jewish people in other words mhu could have come up with any possible sin to explain why we have it so hard but he identified it's the sin of revealing personal and derogatory information about another Jew that is the secret to what always plagued M never understood why are we suffering more than any other but now that I see that they Bali lashara now I get it so now it comes out like this if lashara is the cause of the greatest disaster that ever befell Any Nation and that the biggest troubles that ever befell us are because of lashar that means lashara definitely has the power to bring the biggest Braha because we know God's attribute of kindness is 500 times greater than his attribute of punishment so if lashara is what is responsible for the tragedies of the of the Jewish people then it has to be the greatest source of BR in the world must be by guarding our mouth and indeed says you want life you want a good life what's a greater than a good life in this world in the next World all the blessings all the goodness all the kindness that we are yearning for and hoping for we can access through this beautiful program that we're involved in for the the last many weeks Shir is the key to our blessing and success in this world and the next wishing everyone