Shnayim Yomi - Vayeitzei - Shishi - #6 - Rabbi Shlomo Landau - Word Power

Shishi of Paras Vets. Loving is furious. Somebody stole his idols. He chases after YaKob and he says to Yakov, "You took them." Jacob says, "I I did not take them." And he is strong in conviction. I'm telling you, no one took it. And YaKob utters the following sentence. Wherever the idols are found, that person should not live. Jacob had no idea that Rael took them but Rael had taken them and because of that Rael died early dies on the road by Bim because of the words that Yakov had uttered says the look at the power of the words that come out of our mouth. But look how Yakov learned a lesson because years later when the go down to Mitim and everything difficult starts happening and they have no idea that the second in command is Yf their own brother. They think he's some wicked nefarious Egyptian leader and they come back to their father and their brother is kidnapped and now has to come down. Yaka could have just opened his mouth and said that wicked man he doesn't deserve to live and you know what would have happened that second in command would have died. You know who that was? Ultimately, Ysef Yakov looked back and he saw what had happened when he uttered something negative and the terrible drastic consequences of Rael dying and he bit his lip. He didn't say anything by the story of the mission the second in command in Egypt. And thus Y's life was spared. Says, "Look how careful we have to be about anything that we say. We have to think twice before we talk. And the flip side, imagine how powerful our words are when we bolster other people, when we build them up. If a small sentence can end someone's life, while a robust, beautiful sentence of praise can build someone's life.