Does Rabbi Orlofsky Believe In Ayin Hora?

Hi, this is David Olowski with our question and answer part of our program. One of the many things we offer on the Revolofski show. You can go to my website revolowski.com and sponsor a question and answer sponsor paren five sponsor an episode and uh we depend on your support. So uh this one is sent in by what's called the team. I don't know what that means. Does Alaski believe in Iron Horror? And if so, how does he deal with it? Well, of course, I believe inheritabra. It says if we share a one of the reasons I can force you to put up a wall is because of iron horror. I don't want you looking at me and my stuff. The Gumarra says you should not look at someone's fullgrown field because uh you may damage it with iron har. So it's not me. It's in fact brought down in not to look at someone's full grown field because of iron. So when we say blur, it's a real thing. People can give people an iron horror. We see this when hugger was leaving with Ishmael. Apparently Sor gave an iron har and that's why Ishmael was sick. So how does work? Iron means that I'm bringing down the midin. And you have to be very careful because when you bring down judgment from heaven, it cuts both ways. It's a double-edged sword and it can affect you as well as the person that you're trying to bring the judgment down on. So, you better be very careful. And I mean, I look and I say, "Ooh, look at what he has. How come I don't have that? It's a terrible thing. You see it very often. You know, somebody who has trouble marrying off their children, you see somebody who goes boom boom boom, they marry a bunch of kids. They give them an eye in horror. See, sometimes people who have difficulty having children, see people with lots of children and give them an eye and horror. They may not even mean to, but that's what it is. It's like, how come they have that and I don't? That's the power of har and uh it can affect people in a real way. You see, it's can damage people. The gumar says most people die from iron because you're bringing the judgment down. So if you're gum or you don't have to worry but if there's a uh in your armor then the den will say does this person deserve it or not? It can affect them. Do I believe I've been affected by anhara? I know for a fact I've been affected by anhara because I get iron. Sometimes people are not subtle about it. I used to give a mot and at least three times I met people who said to me, "Who are you that you're giving this year? You're such a big you're uh you're you're you're the most qualified person to give a sh to these people." Plenty of people could give a better shir. I could give a better shir. So I'd say, "No, no, it's they come because I'm funny." Oh. Oh, you mean you're a clown. You're a comedian. You tell jokes. Okay. All right. Now I Now I understand. I don't feel so bad. Okay. I I don't know. I I know how to give a I know how to teach. I know how to tell jokes. I'm not a clown. Oh, okay. You're a clown. Okay. Now I feel better. Anyway, one time when this happened, one of my kids was with me and they were seething. And they said, "Ah, but why don't you say something?" I said, "Do you understand how sad you have to be to say to somebody, why are you giving that cheer? Why aren't I? So, what should I say? You're not giving the cuz nobody wants to hear you, you stupid Belgiva. Nobody wants to listen to you. Go ahead, give a share. See if anybody shows up. Nobody wants to listen to you. Nobody wants to hear you. I've had this where not only that, but people come where I'm giving you here somebody else and they they want to keep asking they don't want to make qu they don't want to ask questions. They want to make statements. I have something that I have to share. No, sometimes they go on for a long time and you know you have to cut it. I had somebody yelling at me. I had things to say. Who are you? I know you have things to say. I also have things to say. Thinking to myself, so why don't you give a See if anybody wants to listen to you. Nobody would come. But what's the point? So I tried to mitigate the iron horror by trying to minimize. And that's why they say people should hide what they have and not be showy about it because you get an iron horror. The more showy you are, the more people look at you. Now there are these people who do this kind of ceremony to be able to remove iron horror with lead etc. And they pour lead into hot wood over your head. I don't know if it works. That is above my pay grade. I know there are people who swear by it. Um, somebody in Or asked Rabbi Sammon about it and he said he wasn't familiar with it. He says, "Well, you go to the iron lady and you give it stucker and then she boils up lead and she puts water above you and she pours the the lead in and it forms little eyes and then she says a certain tila and then she pours it again and she keeps pouring it until there's no more eyes." So he says, "It's always good to give stucker [laughter] So, I don't know if that was a rousing endorsement or not, but basically I I try to keep my head down and uh you know try not to put myself in a position and it's hard sometimes because being a public character you make yourself a public target and uh it's hashem we should all remove the ka we have for our fellow Jews so that we remove the iron And instead when Rabza looked around and said, "What is the most valuable thing in the world?" That's an iron tove. Mashem, we should all have an iron to a good eye. And this is David Alowski with our question and answer series.