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An analysis of the Chofetz Chaim's teachings on the divine purpose behind insults and wounds.
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progress. >> Okay, good morning everyone. Take a look at this. Famously say from here we learn that is given to the doctor to heal. Rashi says why would the doctor need? We don't say well the merciful one hit the guy. Say how could the doctor heal him? Hashem gave the the patch. Hashem gave the wound. So what right does the doctor have to heal? says from all this we see that whatever distress a person has even if somebody shames him it's all from heaven because Rashi says why would I think a doctor can't heal a doctor can't heal Hashem wounded the person Hashem didn't wound the person the guy got wounded by Ruvane. Ruvane hit the person and made a wound. Why would you call that Hashem wounded him right says carefully in the words of Rashi? We're talking about somebody who got smacked and he got a wound. And I would think the doctors now to heal him. Why? Because Hashem wounded him. What do you mean Hashem wounded him? Ruven wounded him. There's a that whenever a person experiences it's considered you should pay attention. It's your sins that are shaming you. even if somebody hits you intentionally. That's also the divine providence. It's just [snorts] the divine providence was they selected Ruven to to be the one who shamed you because Ruvane's a bad guy because Ruvane brought his phone into schul and he became a so now Ruvane is selected now to do another a that's why he's but it's not Ruain who did it to you Ruvane happened to do a different That's why he was selected. But it was
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- 0:00progress. >> Okay, good morning everyone. Take a look at this. Famously say from here we…
- 0:31the guy. Say how could the doctor heal him? Hashem gave the the patch. Hashem gave…
- 1:02can't heal a doctor can't heal Hashem wounded the person Hashem didn't wound the person the…
- 2:03just [snorts] the divine providence was they selected Ruven to to be the one who shamed…
- 2:35the clear proof to this is from the above. We're not talking about someone who got…
- 3:38This is also from heaven. We find cursed him. He stoned him with stones. He covered…
- 4:08Hashem did that for a person's benefit. So that a person's sins should be atoned for…
- 4:39regarding this say those who are ashamed and don't respond back on them the says those…
- 5:39>> Yeah, >> there is because at the end of the day if you were the…
- 6:11oh because you were the to do something good no may because I didn't bring my…
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