Impact of Judging Favorably

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Shlomo Landau’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

And the obvious question is like this, what does the Gamara mean when the Gamara says that if you give people the benefit of the doubt, then when Hashem judges you, he gives you the benefit of the doubt. We need to give the benefit of the doubt cuz we don't know the whole story. We just see one little tiny miniscule sliver of a much larger picture. So, we can't judge the person. It's called doubt cuz we don't know the whole situation. Hakadosh Baruch Hu, who is Yodea Machshavos U'Mada, Hashem knows what's in the deepest places of our heart and he knows every single aspect of our existence, every single moment, the entire picture together. How can he judge us favorably? He knows the truth. He can't err on the side of caution when you know the actual truth. So, what does the Gamara mean when it says that if you judge other people favorably, when it comes time for judgment, Hashem will judge you favorably? It doesn't make sense. And there's different answers given. I'll share the answer brought down by the great Hasidic master, Reb Boruch of Mezhibozh. And Reb Boruch of Mezhibozh brings a passuk in Tehillim Lamed Zayin, chapter 37. It says in Tehillim the following, V'oid me'at v'ein rasha. And just a

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1. 0:00And the obvious question is like this, what does the Gamara mean when the Gamara says…
2. 0:30judge us favorably? He knows the truth. He can't err on the side of caution when…
3. 1:00little bit more, give me a second, v'ein rasha, and the wicked guy is no longer…
4. 1:33So, Reb Boruch of Mezhibozh says something incredibly powerful. He says if I see a fellow…
5. 2:04must be X, Y, or Z. That gives that fellow an incredible power that the next…
6. 2:36nice thing or becoming more positive and we're seeing the world with rose-colored glasses, we're actually…
7. 3:09him until you're in his place, v'einenu, and he's no longer a rasha by because you…
8. 3:39to control ourselves, and mimela, retroactively, we'll be able to erase the negative situation that we…

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