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Special Series - Spreading Like Wildfire | Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
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the wildfires in Los Angeles have
completely altered the Southern
California area we're talking tens of
thousands of Acres of terrible
destruction $250 billion of damage
12,000 structures so far have been
destroyed in terms of the Acres that
have been damaged in the Palisades area
more than 23,000 Acres in the Eden area
more than 14,000 acres in total tens of
thousands of Acres of damage because of
fire sometimes a person says what am I
in this world can I really make an
impact do my actions really change
anything in my surroundings will I ever
have an influence on the landscape of my
community well let's think for a moment
because our sages teach
tell us that desire giving into desire
desire is like a fire the tells
us when there was a certain Sage who was
tempted by something very alluring he
wanted to shake himself so he cried out
n there's a fire here and people came
and people stopped him so desire is like
a fire and if fire could be so
destructive if fire has the capacity to
destroy tens of thousands of Acres wipe
out and an entire area then we know mid
God's attribute of goodness of kindness
the force of goodness is stronger than
the force of Destruction that means then
one act of self-control is not an
isolated act this is something that will
have an influence on your family on your
block on your community on your city but
in fact the teaches us that when a
person chooses to make the correct
decision this is something that re
reverberates around the entire world it
purifies the world it sanctifies the
world it elevates the entire world even
though yes it's just between you and
your and your and the don't say this is
an isolated incident because your one
act of self-control can impact your
entire area your entire city your entire
State the whole country the entire world
you can bring the Redemption to the
Jewish people because if one fire can
have such a devastating impact then one
act of self-control can literally change
the landscape of the world that you live
in
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