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The Tzaddik — What Makes a Person Righteous
A tzaddik is not born perfect; he is built choice by choice. These moments from the shiurim speak about righteousness and the tzaddikim, each linked to the shiur.
- Parshas Matos-Masei: Say It. Mean It. Live It. | The Power of Nedarim (bli neder)teaching you to do. The purpose of the Torah is to make you a tzaddik. You're meant to become a tzaddik. And what is a tzaddik? A tzaddik is a righteous▶ Watch at 6:07
- For the Shabbos Chukas Balak Table 5786they cried for Aaron 30 days. Kol base Israel. We have to know when a tzaddik when we lose a tzaddik. We're not just a tzaddik like a god ladder. But▶ Watch at 7:39
- Your Child Is Always Watching You - Rabbi Yirmiyahu Cohengood example, at the beginning of the parsha, the pasuk says he was an ish tzadik. He was a righteous man. Before the mabul and during the mabul, he was▶ Watch at 2:37
- Living With Emunah (Part 148): Overcome the Voice of Oppositiondown you get back up. Even after you fall so the possuk says sheva yipol tzaddik vekam the tzaddik the righteous falls seven times and gets back up. The heilige Joey▶ Watch at 14:16
- Nasso - Finding Hashem Insidebareshim n'ku tzadik. So there's two people. One is a person who's about chuva, learns from his mistakes, comes back to Hashem, recognizes that this is the right way▶ Watch at 22:12
- The Holiness of Addiction | Likkutei Torah Ki Savou #2and in other places, that midas habeinoni he midas kol adam. For sure translation, tzaddik is usually translated as a righteous person and beinoni is an intermediary person, but in Tanya▶ Watch at 5:10
- Acharei Mot - Just Cause | Rabbi Shlomo FarhiMann about this difficult story that had hap- that had happened with such a great tzaddik. And he said as follows. The chachamim tell us that when there is um a decree▶ Watch at 2:33
- Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz: Preparing For Renewal Through the 4 ParshiotYou should cry over the Rav, the Gaon, and the Tzaddik that's buried in you." Because the Chazon Ish became the Rav, the Gaon, and the Tzaddik that he was destined▶ Watch at 59:38
- Chukas-Balak - Responsibility, Appreciation, Blessingsthat the wicked are always filled with regrets. Right, what's the difference between a tzaddik and a rasha? Right, a tzaddik sheva yipol tzaddik vekam. The righteous individual▶ Watch at 6:08
- Korach Gems 5786tasays that last of all, Korach Korah will come back. And he says a remez, "Tzaddik Katamar Yifrach." The righteous will flourish like a a date palm. And the safe tables▶ Watch at 2:32
- Emunah Part 9: The Final Test Before Mashiachgood decent person. Some people even go to the extent that they're a tzaddik and if somebody wants a blessing, you know, of course, you know, like I just gave▶ Watch at 36:57
- Oven vs. Microwave Heating Instructions: Two SETTINGS for Redemptionare a nation of righteous ones. Deep down at our core, you are a tzaddik. You are righteous▶ Watch at 6:44
- Chukas Balak Gems 5786the possuk. Possuk says in Yichezkal perek yud ches possuk kuf daled u'v'shuv tzaddik mitzidusai If a righteous person repents from his righteousness▶ Watch at 23:23
- Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz: Splitting of The Sea - From Fear to Lovewhere your mann fell depended on how righteous you are. If you were a tzaddik, you found your mann right near your tent. If you were not a tzaddik, you would▶ Watch at 8:43
- 04-15-2026 Rabbi Moshe Malka - Pele Yoeitz # 65fanatical. And at first, you feel like, "Hey, I have to be a tzaddik, I have to be a righteous woman." But now, everybody around you is uncomfortable. That's not▶ Watch at 18:28
- Acharei-Kedoshim - When the Good Sufferunderstand. A person could be a tzaddik. Person could be a righteous individual. And you can have another person who's a Russia who's wicked and they can meet the▶ Watch at 9:51
- Stop Getting Stuck In Life !! Rebb Gamliel Rabinovitch on Parashas Lech Lechawas righteous. He did not know that he would do evil. He was a tzaddik. He did not know that he would do evil. He was a tzaddik. And everything▶ Watch at 3:19
- Pain is Inevitable, Suffering is Optional - Motti Polityko LMFTsays in Tehillim "Rabbos ra'os tzaddik." A righteous person has many bad things happen to them. One second, is there nothing is the same word ra ra'os? Either nothing▶ Watch at 25:10
- Naso - Master Key | Rabbi Shlomo Farhithe pasuk, "Open the gates, and who's going to come into the gates? Viyavo tzaddik, a righteous nation will come." That means that the people are already righteous. They▶ Watch at 18:00
- The Spiritual Amusement Park - Parashat Beha'aloscha - Rabbi Dovid Kaplanexpect if you saw if you saw somebody who you see as a righteous tzadik knocking down a shawarma? Then what would your reaction be? Like something here is you know▶ Watch at 21:36
- Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz: Receiving A Report Card From Hashemnecessarily the same accountability. A righteous, great tzaddik committed the sin of lashon hara, the consequences might be much, much graver. Be that as it may, Ramban actually writes that tzaraas▶ Watch at 26:03
- Beyond All Names, Even Torah - Moshe's Essence in Tetzavehforgive the Jews — so Moshe's conditional statement didn't come true — nonetheless, when a tzaddik [righteous person] makes a condition, it must come true in some way. Therefore, Moshe▶ Watch at 0:30
- Rabbi Shlomo Katz on Jewish Mysticism and Musicwould you like for dinner?" And and you think you're being such a great tzaddik, a righteous person, by saying, "Oh, sweetie, anything you any anything you make is fine▶ Watch at 10:41
- How to Deal With The Pain and Burnout of Looking for Your Soulmate Part 3/3the rabbi, "I don't understand. It says that a righteous man, a tzaddik, his strength is stronger after he passes away. So why didn't you beseech on our behalf▶ Watch at 35:16
- Noach - Are you putting forward the right arguments?because a true tzadik so you say it's interesting because because raviaco kaminsky says then that's not missing in his righteousness that just means he wasn't a very▶ Watch at 21:04
- Spiritual Success - Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb (Jewish Philosophy)the Torah says, "Eleh toldos Noach." Now, these are the generations of Noach. Noach ish tzaddik tamim hayah b'dorosav. Noach was a righteous person pure in his generations▶ Watch at 12:25
- The Hidden Story Of The 10 Martyrs(Asarah Harugay Malchut) Part 1ask this question? So why is it if you see a righteous person, a tzaddik that's suffering, why does Hashem respond that we don't have a right to ask▶ Watch at 29:02
- Playing With Fire - Parashat Korach - Rabbi Dovid Kaplaninto a rasha. The rasha married the righteous woman, she turned him into a tzaddik. And the Gemara the Medrash says, "Have a omer, we see from here hakol min▶ Watch at 13:48
- Zera Shimshon - Chukat 2 - Rabbi Laredonot for their fault that they're passing the truth is a true tzadik a real sadique or tzadeken should live and not pass and why do they pass▶ Watch at 3:39
- Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz: The Temple Mount Controversy and the Encampment Arrangementnot involved in bad things. You know, it's not like I'm a tzaddik and I'm not going to do bad things. You just fill your day with worthwhile▶ Watch at 57:22
- Parsha Shiur: Pinchasimportant uh take-homes. The first example the Medrish gives is Noach. Noach remained a tzaddik. He remained righteous at the time of v'atima ha'aretz ha'aretz chamas▶ Watch at 2:33
- Emunah Part 17: Segulot To Remove Sufferingson was a very very high righteous person with a high-level soul. Huge tzaddik. In a previous life, he was kidnapped at birth and he was raised by non-Jewish▶ Watch at 37:39
- Rabbi Yaakov Rahimi | Hashem Knows Best | CHAZAQtime and effort and talent, he told him, "I use it for me becoming a tzaddik, becoming a good person▶ Watch at 45:19
- Nasso - Joining the People of IsraelGod. The fear of Hashem Baruch Hu Therefore Hashem reciprocally shows them special love. The tzaddik, the righteous individual, who has chosen that because they've chosen to become part▶ Watch at 21:40
- The Perfect Way to Give - How to Help Without Hurting AIchannels through which divine energy can flow. Unless of course the name is after a tzaddik a righteous person like Gad one of the holy tribes or Dan also one▶ Watch at 25:07
- Devarim - Untold Blessings of Moshiachthings. But, just like our sages teach us that the the way of a tzaddik, the righteous individual, their way is to say a little bit and▶ Watch at 4:02
- Parashat Acharei-Mot/Kedoshim 5778: The Good, the Evil, and the Lawwill be redemption through Esther. And Mordechai said, "It's not possible that such a tzaddik, such a righteous woman would be taken to the hands of this rasha. Ahasuerus was▶ Watch at 24:33
- Zera Shimshon Chukat #4 & #8 5779 - Rabbi Zvi Kahnline of thought and argument that the Zera Shimshon is supporting that came from the tzaddik, even so the Torah says apply the rules of tuma in all of these cases. That▶ Watch at 25:46
- Breslov Efrat - Sefira 18: Four situations cause someone to Bentch Gomel! What is the reason?Right there. Our enemies are more righteous than us, right? They're more righteous, right? They're more righteous than us. See that? [laughter] That▶ Watch at 32:29
- Laws Of Relativity - Parshas Noach [Archives]sukim. Aila told us Noach, it speaks about Noach. We mentioned Noach is a tzaddik. Noach is a tzaddik. The Torah says it's eulogy. Says if p'shat Noach▶ Watch at 9:27
- Rabbi Eyal Amrami - What is the essence of Rashbi?myself just because of that. So God is doing your troubles to you. God is righteous. He will test what God gives to the righteous. He will test what God▶ Watch at 11:51
- Laws of Relativity - Parshas Noach - [Archives]sukim. Aila told us Noach, it speaks about Noach. We mentioned Noach is a tzaddik. Noach is a tzaddik. The Torah says it's a eulogy. Says a hesped on Noach▶ Watch at 9:28
- Rabbi Eli Mansour - Moses, Noah and Us (Parashat Tetzaveh)the future there's going to be a tzaddik that's going to rectify your sin. So you're going to go on the tebah in the merit of the tzaddik. That▶ Watch at 25:18
- Becoming a Kohen - Parashat Pinchas (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan)you. Thank you. Me and 35 others. The 36 of the generation. No. What does tzadik stand for? Tzadik says obviously tzadik. A tzadik means a tzadik. But what else what else▶ Watch at 13:56
- How to Daven - Blessings of National Redemption (Series Part 9) Rabbi Dovid Gottliebwhat they want. The ending of the blessing is you are the support of the righteous. Part of being the support of the righteous is that we who the righteous▶ Watch at 23:30
- Rabbi Eyal Amrami - Sustenance will come without worry - 24th Iyar 5775 [11.05.26]the day of birth, every person who is born swears what he swears be righteous, they swear him be righteous, says Harsh, what is being righteous, what▶ Watch at 3:02
- In Their Footsteps #3 - Avraham's Kindness and Sensitivitytell avraham about it before and avram approached and said will you even destroy the righteous with the wicked perhaps there are fifty righteous men in the midst of the▶ Watch at 49:11
- The Book of Jonah Ep.4atsad doesn't mean the son of a sonic it means if it's a righteous person who came from a righteous if it's a righteous soul who▶ Watch at 40:41
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