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Maamar v'Im Ruach HaMoishel #3 1924 - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin - Criteria for Constructive Criticism
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This discourse. printed in Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn's book of Maamarim, 1924, discusses the idea of Authority, Criticism and Rebuke in spiritual terms. He teaches healthy criteria for giving criticism. This refines character. Rabbi Dalfin teaches the discourse from the text in a user-friendly manner.
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thank everyone one page race you
pressing the my man hey bro how my show
huh fresh pay doll at ninety 24 from the
previous rabbit one page two hundred and
eighteen and we are about to begin the
the previous rebus the previous rebus
idea of constructive criticism and this
is very important for every one of us
because we face this daily so we're now
on page 218 they should press its smack
the middle of the page a little actually
towards the bottom I hope in you know
dominion hahaha it's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 sorry
16 lines from the bottom I believe in
middle of the line after the period aqua
in yin who and the last question that
that ever asked here was why was the
haria Hanavi punished for giving muster
scolding the jewish people for their for
their evaders for the transgressions
seemingly he did it in a private setting
meaning you know he sent a prophecy and
the word got out and that's it and we
know there's a mitzvah it's a mitzvah
they say after here's a Mesa that ever
did say if the parentheses before that
if you do it in public it's not
acceptable and it's wrong it's not what
the Mitzvah means but in private
seemingly not only is it proper you're
out you have an obligation to do so this
was his question
so here begins his thesis of Takako of
criticism so let's learn how the words
of the Rebbe themself in its in its it
should flow easily a clean you know the
idea is the he may in unit a a 50s SMSF
uh well the trader says scold you
old your friend Hawk Ivana he she
adopted I'll leave her shame him the
intent of the tailor's verse is of the
mitzvah that you should speak to the
heart of the listeners so right here you
see that ever says that the midst of
scolding means touch the person's heart
so if you're giving scolding and you're
not aiming to touch the person's heart
you have no business scolding is that
clear
that's what it says hey sounds like okay
good good good let me let me let's learn
for and then what we'll talk a mole only
bomb laugh when I laugh custom interests
I left my muffin because it's wonderful
what are you to say to your friend that
you're scolding so he doesn't begin by
saying you bothered me you angered me
he says talk to the person about how
were you able to desecrate one of the
commandments of the king of all kings of
God that can affix officially-licensed
who commanded us not to do this so here
were talking about scolding the Jew for
doing something against Hakodesh bahu so
the first point that you make that from
your heart to the other person's heart
is you know that this is a command from
the commander melis mouthy I'm loved
enough of this vertical how are you how
you able to desecrate such a thing if
it's the commander in chief himself
who's who instructs us and let's go
further
hurry behead there or how are you say to
him how were you able to hold it to
prevent yourself I thought when mrs. are
saying from doing one of the positive
Commandments I should see the melis
mouthy I'm blowing up a loose butthole I
say sir that God commanded you to do so
that's the first point write down one
now goes number two Whoville aides have
Takako and during the time
of the of the muster of the scolding
Yokohama here
Viserys he says the scolder may yuck
amis may sit sorry and must such as you
may you must live ayat you must explain
the Mishima thief to the one who you're
scolding as her English represent the
grip the magnitude of the punishment
associated with the behavior yet you
know this is important if the person
you're scolding doesn't know the
consequences you also have no business
scolding because he's an enzyme is
uninformed so you have to make sure that
the person is informed of the
consequences teleport Melanie explains
this Phillip almond sometimes in a head
that how you dare betray metal Union the
lack of knowledge of the of the the
weight of the Union ha ha
oddvar Aveda lacking the knowledge the
regarding the weight of this particular
transgression you don't know how how bad
of a senator's great him hi bill is
there it causes much to this she ain't a
sudden that one it we're not careful if
you if we don't realize what the
punishment is and the details associated
that we make light of it like I always
tell the story the story I always tell
the experience when I was studying the
writings of the Ariza and I came across
what that reason says that if a person
makes a brother there's a food ID in the
front of you and you don't know what the
brother is and you didn't take the time
to ask your rabbi your rabo to learn the
sofa Nora
and you make light of it which the this
is the way it is but most of us and yeah
you just make a strike only a betrayer
why sure Jaco isn't inclusive of
everything right everything is made with
your word so normally I know it's case
they know it's fish they know it's this
they know it's that I know the brother
what if there's an item you don't know
the brother makers are uncle but you
didn't you weren't concerned enough to
take the time to find out the I reason
says that if you do that you're going to
be reincarnated into water why why why
because water you make a charcoal you
need a tickle you who were callous in
exploring what brother should be made on
this food item and you flippantly said
chuckles good for anything
you will be reclined in water so someone
else will come come along the maker
cycle near but very i water and your
soul part of your soul is in that water
you'll have a tickle you'll have an
elevation that's that much that's not my
right against Theresa and when I learnt
this I became much more serious I'm not
I'm not I'm not perfect yet but you know
I'll go the extra step
now I won't hand you say look what kind
of joy are you what kind of thing yeah
you know you need to you need their
results kind of warning to tell you that
this is going to happen the answer is
yes because we are who we are we're not
perfect we have shortcomings we're all
over the place the internet the phone
the tablet of the iPod it's coming and
going and it's 24/7 so when you let you
read the Ariza and if you believe in the
every cell and you know he's buried in
swathes and you go to his mixer and it's
right there in your backyard and when
you learned this from the result it says
I am you better slow down you don't want
to be reincarnated in water you have
already enough to deal with your
reincarnation which isn't always
pleasant right so the point I'm making
is when this is to support the rebels
words the fact that we don't know the
weight of the avera of the transgression
therefore we're not careful about it
when I became aware
yeah reason said I became much more
careful about it so this is important
when giving criticism and scolding
someone even if your intent is for it to
be constructive which that's the only
time that you should be giving criticism
is when your intent is for construction
not for destruction nevertheless you
have to share with the person who's
being scolded the weight of this of the
sin and transgression that he did or
didn't do
let's go further yes who is a very
graphic is implemented on you this is
you have your nefesh of the kiss akagi's
soul where are you sweating it from
doing the very edge like head of the
king rather into the dumper trapped into
the dump chapter 46 and Tanya correct
the Lehane sort of homage yes right
right but Tuvia Tuvia what we're saying
here is in addition to words spoken from
the heart you're right if the words are
coming from your heart I always say this
I'm supporting what you're saying then
if the words are coming from the heart
that you're not talking at the person
you're talking with the person if you're
really a person's friend you could talk
about anything including issues that are
you know that the person you know that
is difficult you know transgressions but
the person doesn't take it like oh
you're trying to hurt me but you care
for the person and and and so a learning
is that when you care for the person
make sooner to to include and and and
verify that the person understands what
he is doing if it doesn't understand
what he's doing he cannot be blamed for
it but rather you the scholar will be
blamed because you didn't scold him
properly
so what we're learning is there are
conditions and details in giving
scolding so when the Torah says they say
after fear cuz I'm
sefa you shall scold a friend you have
to you have to include these details as
we continue learning let's go further by
the first thing that you're giving
criticism to has to be receptive first
of all he's gonna talk about that soon
but we're not not right now yoni were
not concerned about the person who were
giving it to we let's look at he's look
right now he's looking like the person
who's giving the scolding just hold your
horses hold on let's go further he says
hey sorry come here
levan Allah husband well I say ma'am
therefore the one giving the scolding
demo here we call him to explain and to
elaborate well how say me to the
listeners to the people who are
receiving it they do her famous
represent the great magnitude and
heaviness of this transgression
although item and to arouse them I'll
have diverse represent regarding this
matter
Shimada lehem he shows them he says he
gathers in the parenthesis advice they
you see they give this advice a he shows
them Shamy Lagos who's on the committee
you saw because of their coarseness and
corporeality NASA but hammock leaders
they have become apathetic cult me
blinis foil without being impacted
midoriyama Kazan from such a heavy think
and he says in kiddush jonasson s art is
a neat Hofstra Sola it doesn't bother
them an iota god forbid why because
they're so ms immersed in the Garcias
that the gaseous is what's what what
they think about the fact that you get a
whiplash for the gas amis they don't
care
listen this is very simple we eat and we
eat and we sleep
sleep but we indulge indulge we know you
didn't get sick right that's a fact
you're gonna get sick but we do it
anyway
cuz right now it feels good that's what
he say so the person is so immersed in
the gosh me is that that even if you
tell him what the consequences are the
Garcias overrides it their their
immersion for the for the fullest
temporary gratification overrides the
result so we cheat and some kill and
some rob everyone in their own way and
some do a little lesson Hara everyone in
their own way cuz right now we can get
away with it right if someone was
telling me the other day that this that
this fellow this fellow was corked and
they put him in jail they said he says
yeah I robbing a thief and fever and all
that is who I am
usually I don't get caught unfortunately
I was caught this way that's what I'm
talking about we're talking about a
mindset that says that gaseous and
homeless materiality and course listen
and being immersed in it is my drive my
goal and everything else is secondary
so that's what he's talking about and
therefore what happens NASA Bahama
kiddos what does kiddos means the person
becomes cold apathetic I don't care I
don't care just give me the high now I
gotta get that shot of cocaine I gotta
get that high of alcohol now what's
gonna be tomorrow I don't care apathy I
gotta get that piece of heading now I
catch some salt and it's not good for
your foot for your for your health or
whatever don't make a difference
alright maybe it has a wine base and you
don't know if the wine base is kosher or
not then you have to check I don't care
that the show put it out I don't have to
verify I trust the show so everyone in
their own way suffers from this issue
let's go
further they really spoiled meat other
fight because there and he becomes so
apathetic that he's not impacted from
this from the weight of this
transgression as I'd say new classes
show him it doesn't bother them the sad
permits I got kiddos my clearance
permits and economies he says why
doesn't it bother them because of apathy
and apathy itself comes because of
immersion in in in courting - means to
the point of courses intend and and
corporeality like I told you before they
said negotiate married when one becomes
soma Gousha the root word of Mukesh
amazgasm - means when some becomes you
know got resized no such word English
but gosh me Saudis who patiently enough
heard me my gosh me him and he's
invested omeka sorry from the word
Kessler Tuvia
he's bound he's tied all of a sudden
can't untie himself lingering about
homeland I got spent in physical
pleasures in the margins great though
I hate he doesn't feel the great
transgression here the yo-yo said it
more so much terrain in the gallery and
and it's definitely not relevant to him
that has nothing to do with me
he says Nitish does the lamp in it it
doesn't impact it does a year this work
that meant that is not means impact it
doesn't impact it I should say who could
Bahama mamas now that ever in the
parentheses says when he's in this mode
the person who describing who could
behave my mama she's like an actual
animal should : your new less of
leashless
the entire purpose the animal is to
drink to eat and drink eat and drink
drink and eat for say who they thought
the Haman it despoil from logic and
intellect an animal is not impacted
imagine take your cat and take your dog
and philosophize to it and
and telling you what you learned and
closed in the morning the dog will bark
more and the cat will stink more it
won't do much more than that because
you're talking to a wall
it don't relate and doesn't understand
logic safely so you the person who the
person who is engrossed and immersed and
gosh meais is like an animal and talking
logic to the person at that time is a
waste of time you're not communicating
let's go further
come I caves would advise a govern
knowing the goodness so too if an animal
sees something beautiful or something
disgusting vente bahama asked me to
spoil could you imagine an animal seeing
another animal tearing up of animal or a
terrible love scene on the street the
cat continues its way the squirrel
continues and the mouse continues to
hide no difference but wait a minute
it's 20 degrees in the house cuz the
heat doesn't go like in my house the
heat goes up up and then the first floor
it's colder it's cold now if you imagine
if I had a mouse there the mouse would
still be running around but it's cold
don't care it does it doesn't talk to
the mouse the bath knows one finger got
to go under the oven or it has to go
wherever in the hole and come out and
make you nuts because you are your wife
or your kids are scared of mice let's go
further so therefore now and something
nor something pretty which we don't have
to discuss the mouse is in the cat's in
the street the dog and a pretty person
walks by and the normal person you know
old maybe might turn their head or if
they're from they'll turn their head
away if they're not so from and they
can't control themselves they look at
the the pretty scene right but a mouse
and a cat it makes no difference if it
sees something some food it's going
after the food you can have ten pretty
people around it it'd make no difference
so what do we see
we see that something beautiful or
something disgusting McCullum is
disgusting
has no impact on animal behavior there
the spoil top of ratio tests to 19th an
animal was impacted known from a kilo
stealer only from eating and drinking
seho is Machias to a Bahama sicko logic
is not applicable to an animal my cane
is a toy and so to this person who is
immersed and engrossed in eating and
drinking and gosh he is so - is this
person behaving that way I say home
empty in it the hulu that logic doesn't
impact them so go tell a person like I
told you before this is unhealthy for
you
this is contributing to a heart attack
to a stroke god forbid - whatever else
in that particular area it doesn't talk
to the person because the person is
caught in the web of eating and drinking
in the example given and all other types
of Garfias and cumbias that one is
immersed in says that ever the year but
with Dabra itaewon on the second line
you said so the scolder giving the
Mooser should increase speaking to the
person bizarre about the magnitude of
the sin - a you feel olive until he will
impact him he'll not sense something to
say you're hurting yourself you're
ruining your life
stop um num however third line or a kid
who the primary thing is I should be a
higher
during the time when he gives the Mooser
the exploding tijuana slave ham okiya
the heart of the scolder this is point
number three guys write it down three
the heart of the scolder
should be behalf nah have no means
modest humble televised a staggered the
God will have their heaters be up in a
day in addition to the fact that the
leader of the generation is blamed for
the sins of the generation the cash
aroma Thea Kazuo see and when when a
great person or someone who's great in a
particular area scold someone else who's
transgressed how do you goggle mean Meno
he's greater than him okay and as we
mentioned in the parentheses of canal as
we mentioned earlier finish yes building
in place someone who has the opportunity
to disclose and the greater you are the
more you realize the situation therefore
you have to do the take off for the
scolding had a guy moon it was bumping
after he is caught in the sin of the
generation maja kvarner being atresia
what does it mean Theresa that we've
been using the word lol me trust me
trust comes in the world toughest to
grasp to grab so that ever says my
intent the intent of the word Theresa he
the gum boy yes in Yin Zi that he the
the leader the great one has this issue
that he finds in the other somehow in
himself as well and he says he has an
impetus or the darkest tentacles he has
in a very refined way or even in a or in
a very refined refined way in other
words and I'll tell you soon a story
about that either I'll cope on the
matter yes had a yes babies air the the
person who the leader the Gunkel Haggard
he also has this in a certain way within
himself really yes a good Ireland since
he's a great person how do you dare say
meeting is that he knows how bad this
type of a transgression is God
commissioned but doctors are back of the
ductless he knows that this issue isn't
just bad
in its course form but even in its
refined form it's very unhealthy and he
says old Mahler had a Hadiya zu having
this knowledge what now get what is the
knowledge we're talking about Ari the
knowledge that he knows I have this in
myself okay so we're talking about this
person giving massage Golding has to
have we said before he has to have
what's the word haha humility why you
got it yourself you don't have it in a
course form so you have enough for fine
fine
so who are you to talk and if you're
talking and giving masseur be humble you
know it's so easy to talk the talk and
walk the walk right but to really talk
with an advocate with a refinement when
you know that you suffer from the same
issue but not in a coarse way in a
refined way it should humble you that
when you share the scolding it's done in
a very proper way and he says whom are
some late saint unions have been
actually the back of the ductless
knowing the fact that you have this
within yourself in a way in a very
refined way great him lastly Truvada
Dayla so it causes the scholar to the
great jouvert me incur the leap of the
depth of his hearts both know you've got
but not not see any cries with bitter
tears for having this within himself
okay her demoscene oba comic a daily hot
day and we find this by many great
people leaders of the generation shall
hurl you bits are google they were in
great pain over I avoid that the day
love the Truvia and they were doing
great truven BC goof and the carnation
fasting and punishing themselves in
various ways of today men being
innovators in the ways of serving God
Shana Murphy had come normally they
would not do this but they did do it why
big opinions everybody say don't say I
could cloud well in the river says why
isn't this yogi why isn't this method of
fasting and and kind of torture yourself
not their usual evaldo he says the
holding yummy I see goofy all ideas of
kind of tortured yourself and hurting
yourself and punishing yourself or we
call in English self deprecation and
shall commence a TK move I lay my bodega
kanuda it's not applicable to real Saudi
Kingdom people who are really on a high
level out the door with negativity in
the door with positivity nevertheless
nevertheless in this situation when
you're going to give criticism to
someone else
you better check yourself out and you
Ben you'll realize that in the way only
when you find somehow in yourself the
issue that's on hand that you're
scolding the other about and then you
say what kind of how could that be in a
bothers you you cry about it and it
impacts you then when you give them
Mooser when you give the scolding it
comes out with honey it's not anger
that's the problem most times the
emotion that we give to others is full
of anger which means full of yes full of
eye and ego and that is not healthy
acceptable Torah Mooser that's not and I
don't care how long the period is and
how much Smith you have and how much
Gomorrah you know and how much I see
does you know it makes no difference
before you give Mooser you better check
yourself out do I have this issue and
guess what
somehow we do because in order to relate
to the other person you have to find it
in yourself but time I govern who
sekolah the dozens I said I prefer a
open up doing what's the reason why
these tsadikim these kadai lee have
there have you know engaged unison in C
goofin incarnation in fasting
and in such methods it's not for
themselves it's because the generation
has these issues so they have to find it
within themselves for themselves they
wouldn't use this approach and he says
further and he says further the goggle I
do it howdy need faster than a day and
if they have it then you the Weiner is
blamed as well
- shemites ibly optimally manias at the
dark of the darkest you find you for
yourself this issue in a very fine way
or can I say how you do it and as the
snow story
Valona tell you the moment what I think
this means for love-- Hamer your ice
cream by the way the solution therefore
the tsadikim were involved in fasting
and in court pressuring themselves
midnight eight-day them because of the
sin of their generation so I want to
tell you I'll tell you two stories one
is more practical I heard from someone
here who grew up in mayor Sharon he's a
grandson of the Slender morever
right there's a slender my revered right
there and made sure and gula you might
have been by him so their family though
I think the Weinberg's is there a family
name they lived there for a long time so
the person told me himself what happened
what happened is he once he once got up
late for Christmas for whatever reason
and he was a very studious boy and he
got up late talking about winning when
he was a boy or a young teenager a
buffer and and nothing his father didn't
you know it and the next day he noticed
his father was fasting so no yeah you
know so yeah asked his father why are
you fasting today that something
happened in the community that we need
to fast the father said no everything is
good and rosy and mayor Sharon they're
throwing the rocks nicely and putting up
the big signs dress this everything is
normal it's a normal day in May
sorry so why are you fasting dad why are
you fasting because yesterday you missed
Krishna in the morning I'm fasting for
your sin the person it bothered it the
father it bothered him so much that he
didn't look at it that it's my son sin
and again maybe the boy was under but
mister I don't know but that's not the
point
it bothered him how could it be that his
son had such an issue and I heard the
story from the from the person himself
it is a very serious fine person and a
comic aukerman it made a big impact as a
parent you know also we have for example
the river you know the day of the husana
the fussin and kala fast so the rebel
rights and swafford such as from the
river that parents if they're able to
sit fast as well
most parents don't do it because the
cost of the caller don't enjoy fasting
but and there's so much going on but
there's a point it wasn't here the point
why my fasting because it's like I the
father and the mother will be standing
under the hood for tonight I will marry
the course remarried but this is our son
thus our daughter it's not if you this
there's a word in them it's not Yemen's
Costner it's not the other person's
customer says mine Costner
I'm going down to the hope of the night
but I'm married already but sure it's
your son it's your daughter it's you who
is your son and your daughter you you
made them they have your genes they have
your DNA they have they have the the
summon that was created you were
involved with that's one story now the
story here smoke come I say how you do a
four years the Bible should see them
it's not this is brought not only here
but in a few other my Marlon with the
wrapper there are bayon don't say what
the story is because of their refinement
but when the receivers the notes of the
river were found
wrote notes and like a diary of what he
saw by his father-in-law from 1929 and
on when he became a son-in-law to the
previous celebrity our author here of
the minor the previous level and these
and today they printed it after their
ever passed away they found in his
drawer a whole notebook and it's called
the receivers receive my like Irasema
receive mice that are sinless so in the
receivers they printed it and a lot of
it destroy a lot of Taylor insights and
there's a part of it that's you money
Diaries of what he kept and it's very
interesting because every it seems like
every living thing that he heard from
his father-in-law he wrote down and he
writes down I heard it this way when I
didn't hear clear it's very interesting
to study those receivers to see how
careful he was to to listen and to hear
and to record what his father told him
so and one of those achievements he says
I believe what the Messiah doing is and
that might say you do is a story with
the Mickler ever someone came into the
mental reverie of dovabear ii the bible
should ever and asked for a tickle for a
correction for a certain bear
transgression I think the transgression
they say was like what's the word in
English when someone has relations would
have death with a dead body or something
or on for an animal right it will say it
was a very yeah you you met you imagine
200 years ago a Jew comes in to its Adak
and tells him rather I committed this
transgression I mean and I need a tickle
I mean like I can't imagine it but
that's that's what they say if that's
why it's not recorded it's very not you
know it's not nice but that's what they
say the myth Loretta started to sweat
and sweat how do we know cos when he
came out of the room I see them sword
that it was full of sweat and
told over that someone came in and asked
me for a chicken and I couldn't find any
of that sin in myself so how can I offer
him a pickle
until I realized on my desk they were
coins and the new Russian coins you know
just like in other coins there are
pictures engraved and one of them was I
think of one of the you know czars or
the women that Cathy one of those czar a
woman Catherine I don't remember which
one and I realized it's on my desk and I
said to myself that is for me the issue
that that I can identify with to
understand this person's transgression
the river had no desire for a woman
because of the coin but nevertheless he
said the fact that that coin was on the
side in front of me was a message to me
that I have to look deeper within myself
and I have to somehow change that that
is I believe the story and you know it's
it's not something to publicize
nevertheless since it was publicized
in their achievements I share it with
you and it brings out the point that in
order to give criticism properly to
someone else look the one giving the
criticism the Mafia has to look deep
within himself and is there an iota of
the issue over here
relevant now if you're gonna ask me
what's the connection between the
picture of the coin of the female and
the particular transgression a I'm not
sure that was the transgression I think
that's what it was it's the overall
issue of an illicit relationship the
illicit relationships
guys will continue tomorrow this is very
very exciting
Zionism have a look everyone