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Embarassed To Be Jewish

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Rabbi Yaron Reuven

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This is also applicable to each and every single Jew that is afraid to fulfill the words of the Torah, whether it's to rebuke someone or to publicize the Torah or to do because they're afraid of what people are going to say. She's afraid to be modest because she's afraid of how people are going to look at her. He's afraid to tell people to do chuva because he's afraid of what they're going to say about him. Someone asked me today, "Am I allowed to go to a mixed gym where there's men and women working out there?" I said, "Absolutely not." He says, "So, does it make sense to tell my secular friend that I can't go because of modesty even though he's not going to care and he's going to make fun of me and not like the Torah?" Now, he perhaps thought that maybe it doesn't make sense. Not really because it doesn't make sense because he doesn't want to have this discussion with his friend and tell him, "Listen, I can't go because it's not modest to go to a gym that has men and women working out there." But that's also telling his friend that his friend really can't go either. And he's sinning by doing that. So, he doesn't want to have that discussion. But the truth is, if you have, it's not EVEN A QUESTION. OF COURSE, YOU MUST TELL