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A foundational shiur on the importance of guarding speech by Rabbi Mendel Kessin.
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let me ask you we know that the temple was destroyed because of baseless hatred the says on this idea that the tal brings down that baseless hatred really is the concept of lush and horror because when a person has a certain amount of baseless hatred of course they speak Lush and horor the question is why was the temple destroyed because of lush andara and we know Lush andara course translates as slander why was the temple destroyed because of slander could you imagine that God takes his holiest place and destroys it because of the concept of the sin of slander how do we understand this not only that we know also that the Jewish people have been in exile for thousands of years and we also know that the Exile has been caused because of slander or lanara this is what the tells us again how do we understand this why should the Jews be so many thousands of years in Exiles because of the sin of lush and horror this is the question not only that there's another question let me ask you again we also know that not only are the Jews in Exile but there is a great man who lived about 200 years ago his name was Rabbi rur from hurg he said a remarkable statement and brings him down in his writings he said that every single problem that the Jews have had from the beginning of creation is
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- 18:01measure for measure what does that mean it means the following imagine you walk over to…
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