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Do Not Be Wasteful

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Rabbi Yaron Reuven

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but what about the mouse thear says the mouse is a evil animal why is the mouse so evil animal whatso kind of looks cute on TV except if it's in your house it's not cute at all but if it's on TV it looks cute you know small little thing how come on the screen it's cute how come says it's evil because it has a destructive nature just goes and destroys stuff goes into your Club starts eating your your your clothes starts eating all types of stuff for no reason doesn't even benefit out of it just destroy stuff to doesn't like destructive personalities [Music] why you're not to be destructive not to be wasteful just destroy stuff somebody gives you sandwich take a bite no I don't like it and throw it out it's not good not good nature being wasteful why you being wasteful if it's good if it's this you have to find you don't like it okay give it to somebody that does like it don't just throw stuff out a lot of people make these big weddings or big parties they order enough food to f f feed a civilization at the end of the night there's five $10,000 worth of food still staying on the table that nobody ate all that stuff goes into the garbage there's people that can't can't even eat eat they can't eat instead of making sure that every one of these Halls every one of these parties has somebody designated with one row for the whole night what wait for the end of the night and come collect all the good food and go give it to some shelter go give it to some homeless people go give it to some poor people you know how many people you can feed with just the wedding parties and the bar mitzvah that they have some of these places some of these people have these parties they literally spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on these parties you think people are eating all this food when people show up to these parties they're so big and so glamorous no one wants to eat all the food they just want to take one bite of every little thing CU there's 87 different dishes 87 different types of meat 87 different types of chicken 87 different types of salads 87 types of cakes and this and that by the time you if you eat a little bite of every little thing you gain 25 PBS you know how much food is wasted they throw on the garbage that's a sin you have to designate somebody to go collect all that food and go give it to a bunch of people that need it yeah but I'm going to find them that's the Mitzvah go find them go find them don't be wasteful talks very harshly about people that are wasteful says you're wasteful I'll just end up taking everything from you end up losing money because of it so be very very careful with being wasteful I'll tell you a side uh a side uh story I have no idea why I'm telling you this story but it's in my head so I have to say it Shalom says anytime you would give lectures is one of the in the previous generation was not only a rabbi but he was a huge giant a he says when he came give sometimes he would have a story in his head he'd have to say it he says why hasem put this in my head for me to say it not for me to just think oh why the story that the story has nothing to do with the lecture but hasm put it in my head it has to do with the lecture why somebody has to hear it so apparently the story that I have in my head somebody has to hear it one time one time I went to I was in New York and uh I went to see ra mizi and uh I think we did a sh together or I went to visit him something like that few years ago maybe two years ago anyway after he finished the sh we went out to eat together now the only place in the world that has food at 1:30 in the morning is New York by the way so you don't have to ask where it is New York so we went out and there a sushi place so me and I a another guy went out to the some sushi place at 1 2:00 in the morning and uh s was sitting there and uh I'm not exactly a big Sushi eater I'm not a big fan of fish to begin with but aside from that I just whatever wasn't that hungry whatever I ordered I know roll or whatever they're called and everybody ordered whatever they ordered so I ate I don't know half my roll half the I it's called the roll right called the roll so I ate half the thing I know there's let's say six of them six little thingies I ate half of it I wasn't that hungry so you know we're talking and R Zak is looking at me and you know we're talking and he's saying this and this he's looking at me yeah he goes no eat I said I eat I'm full he goes no I had the shock of my life I should I didn't mean to I'm just not hungry goes okay give me give me no so the other guy had it but he's right he's right you're not allowed to be wasteful you're not all to be wasteful not let to be wasteful you have to be very careful not to be wasteful why gives you don't waste it for no reason [Music]