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Who Gave You The Right To Praise The Wicked?

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Rabbi Yaron Reuven

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And if silence was not a crime enough, praising the wicked makes it even worse. As Raben tells us, praising the wicked takes the bad into worse. As he said in section 190 in the third gate, despise the wicked. As Schlammed says in Mishap 29 27, a man of iniquity is an abomination to the righteous. Therefore, one who is not a member of the tadikim. You're not a sadik. You don't claim to be a sadik. Even you, even you have an obligation. Even the person that's not a member of the if he does not despise and curse the wicked at least he should not bless them. We're not saying go out there and hate the wicked liked Miller say, "Okay, you're not among the fine. Who gave you the right to compliment them?" asks the Who gave you the right to give them a place in the Yeshiva University? Who gave you the right to invite them into your synagogue despite the fact that their daytoday job is missionizing Jews to abandon the Torah and go to the world of idolatrous Christianity? Who gave you the right?