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If you see someone that you don't know that well who's crying in a side corner and chilled saying it to him, should you go ask him what's bothering him or it's none of your business? What would you say? Let me share with you a story on this point. My Rebbi Reb Moshe Shapiro said it over [music and singing] in the name of his father-in-law Reb Mendel Sustotzky who heard it from the Chofetz Chaim himself. It's an annoying story, but this came from the mouth of the Chofetz Chaim. Two hundred some years ago, there was a Yid in shul before Mincha Shabbos crying his heart out with the hillum. Approached him another Yid and asked him, "What's another Yid and asked him, "What's bothering you?" The first Yid said, "Thank you for asking, but you cannot help me." Said the second Yid, "Maybe I could help you." Said the first one, "No, you cannot." "But maybe by just sharing it with me will be a help." "Okay, you're insisting so much that you want to help, I'll tell you. I don't have a penny to my name and I have a daughter who reached a long time ago marriageable age and nothing's moving. I saw her now at home for Shabbos. I don't know why it hit me this Shabbos more than others. I just couldn't hold back my tears and I don't want her to see that I'm crying. So I came to here to
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- 0:08If you see someone that you don't know that well who's crying in a side corner…
- 0:39another Yid and asked him, "What's bothering you?" The first Yid said, "Thank you for asking,…
- 1:09that I'm crying. So I came to here to cry. Could you help me?" Said the…
- 1:40Rebbi, "What's the moral of the story?" So my Rebbi told me Reb Moshe Shapiro, "Look…
- 2:11cares so much. Words that show that I care are always words that you should be…
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