Special Series - The Poor & I | Rabbi Joey Haber

[Music] we all the time keep talking about seeing a sight and being drawn to it and how we shouldn't be and we shouldn't think that that's better or that's something we want or that's something you're jealous of I'd like to flip the script today the says if you lend money to the poor man the poor man that is with you says what does it mean the poor man that's with you look at yourself look at yourself as if you are the poor man what's AI saying if I'm lending a poor man money why do I have to look at him as if I am the poor man the message and as is powerful sometimes we look at people the opposite we see someone that has less than us and we act like we feel bad but there's a part of us that feels glad there's a part of us that says oh he's less than me he doesn't have so much he's he he's his life is a sad life I'm a lucky person I'm driving a better car I have a good marriage I have wonderful children I have money and this person he doesn't half sayashi don't ever think that way just like your eyes shouldn't look up to somebody else and think that he's greater he has better he has more don't look down at anyone else either look at the Ani if you in the position to lend money to the which means you're in the position of power he's in the position of weakness don't ever think that way don't ever ever ever think that you are better than somebody else if someone else is in a position of weakness you know I was once recently speaking to one of the wealthiest people in the Jewish World a tremendous philanthropist and I said can you do me a favor and speak to a group of boys that we have and Inspire them he says I'm not that way he says I don't look at myself like I did something Grand I'm something powerful Hashem made me lucky I happen to be in this position but it's not like I have some powerful story you ever hear people say what got me to this place as if in there's some powerful place that they're in and they got themselves there look at someone else who's beneath you IM like he's with you and just like it's Unholy to look at something else and want it it's just as Unholy to look at someone below you and think you're above it and think I work hard I am successful I'm doing this great and he doesn't know what he's doing look at that person who's weak as if he's the same because Hashem decided to give you a blessing and right now decided to give him a challenge there's no difference between you and I there's no difference between him and me we're both in the same position we're both run by Hashem Hashem decides don't ever ever ever think that because you have a blessing you're greater than anybody else [Music]