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IMPORTANT ISSUES

Why the Wise Man 'Sees the Future' in the Present

Why the Wise Man 'Sees the Future' in the Present

Part of Important Issues

Continues the theme of judging favorably, contrasting the ordinary person's view with a chacham's deeper perception, and when it's actually permitted to praise someone publicly.

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Hardships Reveal Extra Koachot

way he is is because of his circumstances, at the same moment, automatically you are realizing that he has more koachot, and by bringing it out into words, you are being megaleh those extra koachot which he certainly has. So a person who doesn't do anything wrong, which means he doesn't have special hard circumstances, he doesn't have any extra koachot. But a person who has extra hardships, obviously has extra koachot, and by speaking about it you bring out those koachot b'galui. That's where we're holding, page 165 on top. Ah? That's from one angle, it's like a worse, but b'foal, he has extra koachot, but he has extra hardships. 讚注专 诇讬诪讜讚 讝讻讜转 讗讬讝 谞讬讟 谞讗指专 讗址 讟注诐 讗讜祝 谞讬讟 驻讗址专砖讜诇讚讬拽谉 讞讘讬专讜, to find a zechut is not just a reason not to find to not to blame person, 谞讗指专 讚注专诪讬讟 讜讜注专讟 讗讜讬讱 讗址专讜讬住讙注讘专讗址讻讟 讚注专 爪讚 讛讝讻讜转 讜讜讗指住 驻讗址专 讗址 诪注诇讛 驻挚讜谉 讞讘讬专讜, but this brings out the maalah, the zechut of the other person, 讗址讝 注专 讛讗指讟 讙注讛讜讬讘注谞注 讻讜讞讜转, that the other person has great 讻讜讞讜转, 讙注谞讜讙 讚讗指讱 讗址驻讬诇讜 讘讬讬址拽讜诪注谉 讗址讝注诇讻注 砖讜讜注专注 谞住讬讜谞讜转, he has such strong koachot even to overcome such hard tests. 讗讜谉 讚讗指住 讗讬讝 讚注专 转讜讻谉 驻谞讬诪讬 讗讬谉 讛讜讬 讚谉 讗转 讻诇 讛讗讚诐 诇讻祝 讝讻讜转, and this is the true meaning, the deep meaning, that you shall judge every person for the good, which means, 讚讗指住 讜讜讗指住 讗址 讬讬执讚 讗讬讝 诪诇讬诪讚 讝讻讜转 讗讜讬祝 讗讬诐, when a Yid is 诪诇讬诪讚 讝讻讜转 on a second person, 讗讬讝 注专 诪讙诇讛 讗讜谉 讘专注谞讙讟 讗址专讜讬住 讚讬 讘讗址讛讗址诇讟注谞注 讻讜讞讜转 讜讜讗指住 注专 讛讗指讟 讗讬谉 讗讬诐, this itself brings out the hidden koachot that he has, 讗址讝讜讬 讗址讝 注专 讝讗指诇 拽注谞注谉 讘驻讜注诇 讘讬讬址砖讟讬讬谉 讚讬 谞住讬讜谞讜转, that itself brings his koachot out b'foal that now he will be able to use it to overcome the 谞住讬讜谞讜转, 讗讜谉 注住 讜讜注专讟 住讜祝 住讜祝 讘讟诇 讚注专 讙谞讜转, and the bad part takeh will become 讘讟诇 讻谞状诇 讘住注讬祝 讛壮, like he said before. So dan

Dan l'Kaf Zechut: Speaking Good

l'kaf zechut means that you help the person, by speaking good about a person, you help him overcome his hardships. 讚讗指住 讗讬讝 讜讜讗指住 讚注专 专诪讘状诐 讝讗指讙讟 讗址讝 讗址 转诇诪讬讚 讞讻诐 讗讬讝 讚谉 讗转 讻诇 讛讗讚诐 诇讻祝 讝讻讜转. And now we understand the Rambam. The Rambam says a talmid chacham judges everybody for the good, 诪住驻专 讘砖讘讞 讞讘讬专讜, speaks good about others, 讜诇讗 讘讙谞讜转讜 讻诇诇, nothing bad about others. So what does the Rambam mean? 讗址 转诇诪讬讚 讞讻诐 讗诪讬转讬 讜讜讗指住 注专 讗讬讝 讚谉 讗转 讻诇 讛讗讚诐 诇讻祝 讝讻讜转, a real talmid chacham who judges everybody for the good, 驻讗址专讜讜讗址谞讚诇讟 注专 住讜祝 住讜祝 讙谞讜转讜 砖诇 讞讘讬专讜 讗讬谉 讝讻讜转. Talmid chacham, a real talmid chacham is able not only to find that the person is not to blame, but to transform the person's faults into maalot. That's a special koach, a special power. It's an interesting thing to take someone's chesronot, so one thing is to see that to minimize his chesronot, to minimize his fault, he's not so bad, because of this, because of that. That's one thing. Then the higher madreigah is that you take it and you, through looking at his faults, you bring out that now he has extra maalot. 拽讜拽谞讚讬拽 讗讬谉 讞讘讬专讜壮住 谞住讬讜谞讜转 拽砖讜转, when you look at your friend's hard hard, terrible hardships, 讝注讟 注专 讗讬谉 讚注诐 讙讜驻讗, in that 讙讜驻讗 you see 讚讬 讙专讜讬住注 谞砖诪讛 讻讜讞讜转 讜讜讗指住 注专 驻讗址专诪讗指讙讟, the great kochos of the neshamah that he has, 砖讝讛 谞讻诇诇 讘砖讘讞 讞讘讬专讜, that's the peshat, you speak good about him, you bring out his 诪注诇讜转, 诪诪讬诇讗 讗讬讝 注专 诪住驻专 讘砖讘讞 讞讘讬专讜 讜诇讗 讘讙谞讜转讜 讻诇诇, 诪诪讬诇讗 you talk about his good, and you don't see his bad. The bad to you is good, which touches upon the other aspect of it that we had in the different shichos different times, that a person who is in a like a higher madreigah could look deeper into things and sees what is really hidden in it, not what it looks like superficially. This is the real meaning when it says, 讗讬讝讛讜 讞讻诐? What's, 讗讬讝讛讜 讞讻诐, what's the end of the 诪讗诪专 讞讝状诇? 讛专讜讗讛 讗转 讛谞讜诇讚. Where does it say? Pirkei Avos. I'd like someone to show me in Pirkei Avos it says 讗讬讝讛讜 讞讻诐 讛专讜讗讛 讗转 讛谞讜诇讚. What does it say in Pirkei Avos? 讗讬讝讛讜 讞讻诐? 讛诇讜诪讚 诪讻诇 讗讚诐. So where does it say 讗讬讝讛讜 讞讻诐 讛专讜讗讛 讗转 讛谞讜诇讚? But

Story of the Misnaged and the Quote

there's a story once there was a chassid of the Tzemach Tzedek that he had a friend, we'll call him a friend, somebody, a neighbor, was a misnaged, that always used to make fun of chassidim, always used to. Anytime he used to come and say a 讞住讬讚讬砖注 讜讜讗指专讟, he used to make fun. So once he came back from the Rebbe, and the Rebbe, he chazar't a maamar. So the friend, uh, one of the things he said in the maamar was 讗讬讝讛讜 讞讻诐 讛专讜讗讛 讗转 讛谞讜诇讚. 诪讗诪专 讞讝状诇, who is a chacham? Who sees the nolad, sees the future. So he started laughing, \"Oh, there's no such 诪讗诪专 讞讝状诇, this you see?\" And the chassid 讟讗址拽注 didn't know. So he says, \"Where is it, such a thing?\" And this misnaged, so 讙注讛讗址诇讟谉 驻讗址专 讗址 讙讗址谞爪注 诇诪讚谉, 讗址 讘拽讬 讘砖状住, and everything, learned and learned, and he says there's no such thing. So he wrote a letter to the Tzemach Tzedek, and he told the story that this misnaged... So the Tzemach Tzedek answered him, \"Tell your friend 转诪讬讚 诇讗 诇诪讚转.\" What's the teitch? It's a play on words. 转诪讬讚 诇讗 诇诪讚转 means he never learned. But what he meant to say, you didn't learn Maseches Tamid, because it's a 诪讗诪专 讞讝状诇 in Maseches Tamid. Masechet Tamid, it says, 讗讬讝讛讜 讞讻诐 讛专讜讗讛 讗转 讛谞讜诇讚. Anyway,

Meaning of the Chacham Who Sees the Future

what's the pashut peshat of 讗讬讝讛讜 讞讻诐 讛专讜讗讛 讗转 讛谞讜诇讚? Who's a chacham? Who could see the future. Now, what's that you could see the future? How that a person see the future? And what's that got to do with being a chacham? Who sees the future? A navi! That's how you know a navi, could see the future. What's it got to do with a chacham? A chacham is a smart person. But the Gemara says 讞讻诐 注讚讬祝 诪谞讘讬讗. Chacham is even greater. And a chacham means a person who is very smart and could predict the future. And that's, afilu I'm talking about very simple peshat, not chasidut, that a person who is very smart could calculate based on past experience and based on things that happen always, this, according to this, we imagine that this and this is what's going to happen. And many time, usually it works. So a navi knows it binvuah, and a chacham is smart, 讛专讜讗讛 讗转 讛谞讜诇讚, because he's so smart that he could figure out what's going to be. But chasidut taytsh, besides the deeper peshat that Tanya taytsh that nolad means a chacham is a person who sees how everything is born 讬砖 诪讗讬谉, 谞讜诇讚, how he could see the truth in everything, and everything was nolad, how everything came about to be, how was it born, everything came 讬砖 诪讗讬谉, but that's not the peshat I'm talking about now. Talking about another peshat: 讛专讜讗讛 讗转 讛谞讜诇讚 means that you could see, in things that you see, you don't see what it looks superficially, you see how this got born from it. You see the true depth of something. There are certain things that if you look deeper, you'll see it in a different light. If you look superficially, you see it in a different light. A chacham means a person is so smart, and it's not only smart, chacham is connected, Tanya it says, chochmah is connected to what? Bitul. So a chacham is really 讻讞 诪讛, 讘讬讟讜诇. If a person has bitul, you could see deeper and you could see the truth of things. Now what does it mean? That in certain things you see the etzem, and then you see the way it looks superficially. 注诇 讚专讱 the

Rabbi Akiva's Vision of Destruction and Rebuilding

famous place where the Rebbe brings, it's long sichah on the end of Masechet Makkot, the story with Rabbi Akiva, with Rabbi Akiva came to, with chachamim came to, to 诪拽讜诐, to the 讘讬转, 讬专讜砖诇讬诐, and saw the 讛专 讛讘讬转. And what happened? They started crying when they saw what was happening, a fox came out from the 诪拽讜诐 of the 拽讜讚砖 讛拽讚砖讬诐, and he started smiling! So they asked him, \"What's so funny? Why are you smiling?\" So he answered, \"What's, why are you crying?\" \"Why are we crying?! Such a thing!\" Anyway, so he answered them, \"Why am I smiling? Because since I see the 谞讘讜讗讛 of the 讞讜专讘谉 讘讬转 讛诪拽讚砖 came true, so is a 专讗讬讛 that the, that the other 谞讘讜讗讛 that Hashem will rebuild the third is also going to come true. So I'm happy!\" That's what the Gemara says. And then the second story with he came, they came to 专讜诪讬, they saw what's going on in 专讜诪讬, so they started crying, he started smiling. So they asked him, \"Why are you, why are you smiling?\" Said, \"Why are you crying?\" \"Why are we crying?! This nation that destroyed the 讘讬转 讛诪拽讚砖, look how they're prosperous!\" So he said, \"That's why I'm smiling, because if this was happened, then the other 谞讘讜讗讛 will happen, that Hashem is going to knock them down, and that.\" But the Rabbi explains, it's not the peshat that he figured out that one 谞讘讜讗讛, Rabbi Akiva saw in the 讞讜专讘谉 讘讬转 讛诪拽讚砖, he saw the truth, the etzem of it. What's the etzem of the 讞讜专讘谉 讘讬转 讛诪拽讚砖? The rebuilding of the third! Why did the Aibershter be'etzem destroy the 讘讬转 讛诪拽讚砖? The Aibershter wants to give us a better 讘讬转 讛诪拽讚砖! And in order to bring a third 讘讬转 讛诪拽讚砖, as long as the second one is standing, the first would be standing, you can't have a third. So the Aibershter had to destroy the first and the second to have a third, to have the better one. So he, when he saw the destruction of the 讘讬转 讛诪拽讚砖, he lechatchilah saw the depth that this is a means of rebuilding of the 讘讬转 讛诪拽讚砖. Al derech, I always use this mashal, I've said this many times, that when a person wants to build a nice house, so he buys a nice lot to build a mansion, a palace. But on that lot you have another house. So what do you, what does the guy do? Buys the lot, knocks down the house, and then rebuilds a nice house. So when you look at the breaking of the house, what is it? Is it destruction or is it building? Well, depends. If you look at it very narrowly, just what you see, vadai, you see a bulldozer come and knocks down a house, it's 讞讜专讘谉. But if a person who's smarter says, \"Well, this is the beginning of the building of the new house. How else can you build it? You start by knocking down the old house, and then you make a foundation. It's all part of building.\" But you have to know the bigger picture, you have to look deeper. That's 讟讬讬讟砖 讛专讜讗讛 讗转 讛谞讜诇讚. So Rabbi Akiva saw it. But the same thing is, not only that, in everything else, there are deeper, there's a way of looking deeper, what the etzem of it is, and then you see the way it's 讘讞讬爪讜谞讬讜转. Here also, when you look at a Yid, and you see a Yid does something bad, there are two ways to look at it. Superficially, it's takeh bad, there's no question about it, if he's 诪讞诇诇 砖讘转, he's 诪讞诇诇 砖讘转. But then when you look a little bit deeper, and say, \"What is the peshat here? Why did the Aibershter, he's doing something bad because the circumstance...\" circumstances brought him. Why did the circumstances bring him? Why did the Aibershter give him those circumstances, not someone else? Because the 讗讬讬讘注专砖讟注专 saw he has stronger kochos, so he is able to withstand. So when you look at his aveiros, you see in it that b'etzem this is an expression of his true kochos. So you see the nolad, you see how things are born, you see the emet. Bichlalut it says, it's connected to the other 驻砖讟, 讗讬讝讛讜 讞讻诐 讛专讜讗讛 讗转 讛谞讜诇讚, 讬砖 诪讗讬谉, cuz that's also the same pshat.

Seeing the World Beyond the Surface

When you look at the world, you could look at the world in two ways. You can look at the world simply, superficially. So it looks like what? Like a 讜讜注诇讟. 住'讗讬讝 讚讗 a 讟讬砖, 住'讗讬讝 讚讗 诪注谞讟砖谉, 住'讗讬讝 讚讗 住'讟讜讛讟 讝讬讱 讙讗谞爪注 讙注砖注驻讟谉, 住'讗讬讝 讚讗 a street, 住'讗讬讝 讚讗 a 讜讜注诇讟, 讗讜谉 讜讜讗住 驻讗专 a 讜讜注诇讟? 讗讜讬, 住'讗讬讝 讚讗 a 讜讜注诇讟. And in the 讜讜注诇讟 is there a 住讱 诪讚专讙讜转, 住'讗讬讝 讚讗 an 讗讬讬讚注诇注专注 讜讜注诇讟, 住'讗讬讝 讚讗 a 讙专讗讘注专注 讜讜注诇讟, 住'讗讬讝 讚讗 a 驻讗专 诪讙讜砖诐, 驻讗专 讞讜诪专讬讜转, 驻讗专, but 住'讗讬讝 讚讗 a 讜讜注诇讟. But if you look a little bit deeper, you see that the 讜讜注诇讟, 讘讗诪转, 讗讬讝 谞讬砖讟 拽讬讬谉 讜讜注诇讟, it's not a world. The world is the yesh, and the real essence of the yesh is 讗讬谉, 讬砖 诪讗讬谉. That's the pshat, that's that's the real emet of the 讜讜注诇讟. As the pasuk says, b'emet and the end of the second the next word is, and I'm skipping a word, 诇注讜诇诐. What's the word in between? 讛讜讬'讛, 讛砖诐, 讜讗诪转 讛' 诇注讜诇诐. Meaning what's the emet of the olam? Hashem. So so that's, so that's when you look at a world with the right eyes, you see it. But you have to be a chacham, you have to have bitul. What it say Shaar HaYichud VehaEmunah? 讗讬诇讜 谞讬转谞讛 专砖讜转 诇注讬谉 诇专讗讜转, if our eyes would be able to see the truth, we would see how the world is 讘讗诪转 讘讟诇 讘诪爪讬讗讜转. It's 讘讟诇 讘诪爪讬讗讜转 like the 讝讬讜, that's what he's masbir the whole thing in Sha'ar HaYichud VehaEmunah, like the 讝讬讜 讛砖诪砖 讘砖诪砖. Just like you have a ray coming out of the a sun, and this ray is very strong and it's light, and it's a 讙讗谞爪注 诪爪讬讗讜转, it's a ray that lights. But be'emet, this ray comes from inside the sun, and there is rays in the sun. How do we know? Because it came out. You can't have the rays come out if there're no rays there. Obviously this is the source. So there are rays, but the only thing is in the sun, it doesn't seem like a separate entity, you don't see rays there. It's battel in the 注爪诐 讛诪爪讬讗讜转. So the same thing, the world be'etzem looks like it's a separate entity, but in truth, had we had if we'd have the right eyesight, we would see the emet. Now, a 爪讚讬拽 讟讗拽注 sees the 讗诪转. So what does he see? He sees the emet of 讛' 诇注讜诇诐, he sees the truth of the velt, which is the 讛专讜讗讛 讗转 讛谞讜诇讚 讬砖 诪讗讬谉, how the world is yesh me'ayin. That's, but you have to be very ba'al madrega, big ba'al madrega. Even the Alter Rebbe himself, when did he say that he reached that madrega? It says 讘住讜祝 讬诪讬讜, before his histalkut. He turned around, I think, to the Tzemach Tzedek, who was there with him in 讻驻专 驻讬注谞注, he was nistalek, passed away in this village called Piene, when he was running away from Napoleon. He turned around to the Tzemach Tzedek and he said, 讚讜 讝注住讟 讚注诐 讘讗诇拽谉? You see this beam? 讗讬讱 讝注 谞讬砖讟 讚注诐 beam. 讗讬讱 讝注 讚注诐 讚讘专 讛' 讜讜讗住 讗讬讝 诪讞讬讛 the beam. Lechatchilah he looked and he saw that 讚讘专 讛' that's there. But that's only because you're so involved in 注谞讬谞讬诐 专讜讞谞讬讬诐 that gashmiyut is not 转讜驻住 诪拽讜诐. Al derech dugma the mashal which also, as I mentioned many times, that I once heard this from some I don't know, scientist or something. Says when you work with water, water is is is in in scientific terms, it's hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, it's two point two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. So he says when sometimes when you work with it a long this in the laboratories, then afterwards, he said, when you're so much involved in this is, and then you give the guy a glass of water, he doesn't see water. Give him a glass of water, he lechatchilah sees a combination of hydrogen and oxygen. Takes a few moments, hey, this is water that you pashut could drink, and it quenches your thirst. It's a different velt. Why? Because you're involved. After a while, it wears off, because you're thinking about the drinking and, but a person is a ba'al madrega, if you're so much involved, so you see 诇讻转讞讬诇讛 讚讗诇讜拽讜转. So the

Rebbe's Demonstration of Divine Power

Rebbe n"e, I think, at one time by a farbrengen, said, took a lot of mashkeh, and he said he wants to show the 讻讞 讛驻讜注诇 讘谞驻注诇. He wants to show the chasidim the koach of the Eibershter in the thing. And he said, I'm going to show you right now. And there was a plate, 讗讬讱 讜讜讬讬住, of fish or something on the table. I'm going to show you the 讻讞 讛驻讜注诇 讘谞驻注诇 in this plate. And the Frierdiker Rebbe jumped up and he said, Tatte, Tatte, don't Now, we don't know what he was going to do or what. Said, don't show anything, don't don't play any tricks. But that's the peshat, seeing the truth. So in that's 讘讻诇诇讜转 in the 讙讗谞爪注 讜讜注诇讟, but the same thing in detail things, Like we're saying here, that a person who is That's why he said a 转诇诪讬讚 讞讻诐 讗诪讬转讬. So you said the word a chacham, said a 转诇诪讬讚 讞讻诐. What's the 讞讬诇讜拽 between a chacham and a 转诇诪讬讚 讞讻诐? Why do we call taka a person a 转诇诪讬讚 讞讻诐? Just call him a chacham. When you say a big a big lamdan, you say, \"Oh, oh, he's such a big 转诇诪讬讚 讞讻诐.\" What's a 转诇诪讬讚 讞讻诐? He's a big chacham. Because a real chacham always feels that he is nothing, and he's still learning. So, the real chacham is a 转诇诪讬讚 讞讻诐, feels himself always as a 转诇诪讬讚. He never reached the point where he's not a 转诇诪讬讚, cuz he always still have to learn. It's not like simple people think that, like 诇讛讘讚讬诇, you learn another subject, you learned and you finish, there's nothing more to learn. When they hired the Shach, I think the Shach, as the 专讘 in 拽专讗拽讗 No, who was the Shach the 专讘? No? Who was The Shach was the 专讘 in 拽专讗拽讗? The Rema was in 拽专讗拽讗. The Rema was in 拽专讗拽讗. The Shach was I think it was the Shach, maybe it's talking about somebody else. That when they they took him as a 专讘, there were a lot of 驻砖讜讟'注 people there. So, once they had a meeting, they wanted to fire him. Said, \"Why?\" So, one of the 驻砖讜讟'注 讘注诇讬 讘转讬诐 says, \"Because I walk out by his house a lot of times in the middle of the night, and I see him sitting and learning. I thought we hired a 专讘 that knows already! He finished! Here I see he still doesn't know, he still has to learn. So, he's not a 专讘!\" It was a maaseh with the Shach, maybe it's somebody else. But a talmid chacham means somebody who is always 讘讟诇. So, what we're talking here, that 专讗讬讛, so that you see the truth is not First of all, you have to be smart, you have to a kop and you have to understand and see things a little bit deeper, and also you have to have bitul. If you don't have bitul, then you won't see the truth. To have the truth, you have to be take away your own 讬砖讜转. Hm? There it's say a 讞讻诐. But but 讘讻诇诇, you say 讞讻诐. No, I'm trying to say that why is a 讞讻诐 专讜讗讛 讗转 讛谞讜诇讚? For two reasons: because he's a 讞讻诐, he's smart, and a 讞讻诐 represents bitul. When you have bitul, not 讬砖讜转, then you're able to see it. And that's one of the reasons why we call him a talmid chacham. So, that's what the Rebbe says here. A 转诇诪讬讚 讞讻诐 讗诪讬转讬 looks at a person who does something wrong, and he doesn't see him doesn't see it as a fault. He sees the fault, it doesn't mean he doesn't see it, but he sees through it, and he sees the depth that this is all like an expression of his 诪注诇讜转, and he says it. And as we learned before, that when you say it, it'll come out 讘讙讬诇讜讬, this itself, we're 诪讙诇讛 his 诪注诇讜转. Because 讘讗诪转, if this guy has a lot of 诪注诇讜转, a lot of 讻讜讞讜转, how come taka he didn't overcome the yetzer hara? If he has so many 讻讜讞讜转, and that's why he got this special nisayon, but we see he he didn't, he did something wrong. The answer is why? Cuz it's not 讘讙讬诇讜讬. He has the 讻讜讞讜转, but he didn't reveal it. What we have to do is help him reveal the 讻讜讞讜转 which he has. So, by 诪住驻专 讘砖讘讞 讞讘讬专讜, by talking good about him, we reveal his 讻讜讞讜转. 讗讜谉 讚讗住 讗讬讝 讚讬 讛讜专讗讛 驻讜谉 讚注诐 砖诐 讛住讚专 讗诪讜专. And now

The Instruction to Always Talk

we're going to go back to the beginning of the sicha. The beginning of the sicha started with what? 谞讜, 讜讜注专 讜讜讬诇 诪讬专 讝讗讙谉 the first words of the sicha? 讜讜注专 讙注讚注谞拽讟? Especially before the test, 讗驻 诪注谉 讝讗诇 讙注讚注谞拽注谉. What did the sicha start with, 谞讜? Yeah? The 住讚专讛 is called Amor. What was the She'eilah? It says, \"Talk.\" A hora'ah from the name, \"Talk.\" Talk what? Can't mean divrei Torah, as he explained. There is a hora'ah there are certain kind of talk which is always good, no restriction. Doesn't say talk once a day, at night, during the day, in Shabbos. Talk! Certain thing you should always talk, no restriction. And it doesn't mean Torah, so what is it? Now, and there's a lesson for us for always: 讚讗住 讗讬讝 讚讬 讛讜专讗讛 驻讜谉 讚注诐 砖诐 讛住讚专 讗诪讜专, 讗讝 注住 讚讗专祝 讝讬讬谉 注住 讚讗专祝 砖讟注谞讚讬拽 讝讬讬谉 讘专讬讘讜讬. You should always talk and a lot, which is against what we know it says, 诇讗 诪爪讗转讬 诇讙讜祝 讟讜讘 诪砖转讬拽讛, the best thing is to be quiet. Why does it say here talk a lot? What is that? 讚讬 讗诪讬专讛 驻讜谉 讚讗住 诪住驻专 讘砖讘讞 讞讘讬专讜 驻讜谉 讗 讬讬讚. Talking about talking good about another Yid is always good. You should always continue doing it. 讗讜讬讱 讗讬谉 讚注诐 讜讜讗住 诪注谉 讚讗专祝 讚谉 讝讬讬谉 诇讻祝 讝讻讜转, even about a person who you have to judge him for the good, which means he's doing something which looks bad and you have a job to look to find the good, even that, about him you should talk. 讜讜讗住 讚讬 讗诪讬专讛 讗讬讝 讗讝讗 讜讜讗住 讚讬 注爪诐 讗诪讬专讛 讟讜讟, of such an 讗诪讬专讛, this itself accomplishes. Not that this is an 讗诪讬专讛 that you will

The Power of Speech and Creating Reality

keep what you said, you'll keep your promise, this itself accomplishes, 注诇 讚专讱 讻讘讬讻讜诇 讜讜讬 讚讬讘讜专讜 砖诇 讛拽讚讜砖 讘专讜讱 讛讜讗, like when Hashem speaks, 讜讜讗住 驻讜注诇'讟 讗 诪注砖讛 讻谞状诇, when Hashem says something, he said and the world was created. 讗讝讜讬 讟讜讟 讗讜讬讱 讚讬 讗诪讬专讛 驻讜谉 讗讬讬谉 讬讬讚 讗讜讬祝 讗 爪讜讜讬讬讟谉 讬讬讚 讘砖讘讞讜, so, too, when you speak good about somebody else, you accomplish it, 讗讝 诪注谉 讗讬讝 诪讙诇讛, 诪注谉 讘专注谞讙讟 讗专讜讬住 讝讬讬谉 讟讘注 讙谞讜讝. There are all kinds of other 谞拽讜讚讜转 here in in in speaking, not in the same inyan, but along the same lines. Speaking when it says speaking over something with somebody else. 讚讗讙讛 讘诇讘 讗讬砖 讬砖讬讞谞讛, what does that mean? 讚讗讙讛 讘诇讘 讗讬砖, if there is a 讚讗讙讛, a worry, in a person's heart, 讬砖讬讞谞讛. What does 讬砖讬讞谞讛 mean? There's a machloket in Gemara, two shitot. One 讚注讛 is 讬砖讬讞谞讛 诪诇砖讜谉 讛住讞 讛讚注转, try not to think about it. The other peshat is 讬砖讬讞谞讛 诇讗讞专讬诐, 诇砖讜谉 砖讬讞讛, talking, talk it over with others. So here we also have speech. And what's the ma'alah to talk it over with other The other person will talk to you, and he will help you bring out the kochot that you have. If you have a 讚讗讙讛, which means there is a problem you have. So let's look at it like it says here. If a person has a problem, obviously he has special kochot to overcome it, because for sure Hashem would not give him a problem if he couldn't overcome it. 讗讬谉 讛拽讚讜砖 讘专讜讱 讛讜讗 讘讟专讜谞讬讗, so he certainly could overcome it. Ela mai, you need somebody to You need it to bring it out begilui. So if you talk to somebody else, that person will help you bring it out. That's the omek of the vort of the Mitteler Rebbe that if you talk over something with somebody else, you have two 谞驻砖 讗诇讜拽讬转 on one 谞驻砖 讛讘讛诪讬转. So that's In other words, two 谞驻砖 讗诇讜拽讬转, but the pshat here also that you have somebody else who is helping you bringing out your kochos yourself, but somebody else who's and it's through talking it over that brings it out your kochos, brings out your kochos. I just want to ask a shaila. The

Gemara Stories on Lashon Hara and Attribution

Gemara tells a story, shaila in regard the vort of the sicha here. It stands on the sicha, the sicha is exaggerates it, but it's on the Rambam be'emet. The Gemara tells a story that there was a something, eppes a shtar that wasn't written nice, and Rabbi, Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi asked his son if he wrote it. So he said, \"No, I didn't write it. Yehuda Chaita wrote it.\" Some other guy wrote it. So Rabbi said to him, \"Hey, 讻诇讗讞 诪诇砖讜谉 讛专注!\" Stay away from lashon hara. I didn't ask you who wrote it. I asked if you wrote it. You should have said no, why do you have to tell me that he wrote it? Then there's another story in Gemara that there was a something, a shtar that was written good, nice. So Rabbi asked his son, \"Did you write it?\" So he said, \"No, I didn't write it. Yehuda Chaita wrote it.\" So Rabbi says to him, \"讻诇讗讞 诪诇砖讜谉 讛专注!\" Stay away from lashon hara. Why is lashon hara? It was a good thing. Farkert, he said who So the Gemara says there because 诪转讜讱 砖讘讞讜 讗转讛 讘讗 诇讙谞讜转讜. Takeh, you start off by talking good about him, but then you'll end up talking bad. So don't talk good about other people, just don't talk about other people bichlal! Shouldn't talk about others, because if you talk bad, what's going to happen? Talk good afilu, you see a group of people, one guy says, \"Oh, this guy did something this.\" So what the guy answer you? \"Yeah, but, you know, yesterday he did something else.\" And this guy will say this, and the end will be will be talking lashon hara. So stay away. Don't talk good about others. How does that fit to what we're saying here, that you should constantly talk good about others? The Rambam says, and the Rabbi makes a big 讘讬讗讜专 here, 砖讟注谞讚讬拽 讜讘专讬讘讜讬, you always have to talk good about others, vekholi, it's The Gemara says clearly 讻诇讗讞 诪诇砖讜谉 讛专注! See even there is in Tanya, which 驻专拽 is this brought? Who remembers it? I don't remember now. In which 驻专拽 is brought this Gemara? Because there he brings the beginning, and it says 讜讻讜诇讜, so I remember when we learned Tanya by Rabbi Jacobson, he said that Chassidim used to say that this vechulo is 诪专讜诪讝 to the other half of the Gemara, that even good is also lashon hara. Don't remember which 驻专拽. Anyway, so lichorah, how does it fit with this? Yeah. No, that was a different story, different time. I don't know if it's the same time. So when does it, when yeah, when not? See, obviously in order to answer the she'eilah, we say sometimes yes, sometimes not. When yeah, when not? How do you know?

When Is It Permitted to Praise Others

One thing it says clearly in Shulchan Aruch that you should not speak good about somebody in front of his enemies. That's obvious, cuz if you say good in front of his enemies, for sure that guy is not going to like saying Fine. But if it's not in front of an enemy, in front of his friends, you could. But I don't know if that's the the real 讘讬讗讜专. Huh? 讘砖讘讞 讞讘讬专讜. No, but you're saying to somebody, we're talking about to somebody, not talking to yourself. Yeah, but you're telling somebody that this and this person has this and this 诪注诇讛. Then is that good or bad to do that? From the sichah, if you learned the sichah or actually if you learned the Rambam, it says very good. It says every Yid should 诇住驻专 讘砖讘讞 讞讘讬专讜. 转诇诪讬讚 讞讻诐, one of his 诪注诇讜转 is he says he's always 诪住驻专 讘砖讘讞 讞讘讬专讜. So it seems it's good, so it's good. From that Gemara, it seems to say that it's bad because if you say something good, 诪转讜讱 砖讘讞讜 讗转讛 讘讗 诇讬讚讬 讙谞讜转讜, it could lead you to to say bad, so stay away. Don't talk about others! Huh? So you have to every time, in other words, you want to say you have to judge the situation, see what the possibility of it leading to lashon hara is? Yeah. So you're saying only because it was the same person? Oh no, but maybe a different situation. Maybe there were other people sitting around, maybe this is not. Oh, that's what I was going to say! I don't know if that's the real pshat. That farkert, through the sichah we answer this kashya. On the Rambam is a kashya. But through the sichah we answer: the Rebbe is not saying it, pshat is you should speak good about somebody. He's saying when you see something bad, you should turn that around to good, and that for sure you have to do. If, you know, if you won't to say the good, it'll remain bad! You see someone walking the street doing something bad, so you have two choices: or not to say anything, or be dan lekaf zechut and find an excuse why he did it, it's not his fault, and mimela you bring out the 诪注诇讜转, that this shows how much 讻讜讞讜转 he has and it'll be 诪讙诇讛. So here, you have to talk good. If you don't talk good in such a case, you got a big problem: it'll remain bad! Here he's talking about dan lekaf zechut. So could be in the sichah this would fit. But could be there are other differences also, but this is pashut a halachah question that we have to look into to see when you should speak good and when not. But one thing is for sure: bad, certainly you can't say. Then good, we'll discuss when yeah, when not. A

The Case of the Free Golden Watch

person asks somebody to keep a watch for them, a watch that's made out of gold, and it's a 砖讜诪专 讞讬谞诐. Now, normally a watch is a 讻诇讬 讻住祝,

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