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The Jealous Neighbor - Shemirat Halashon Part 85 - Rabbi Duvi Bensoussan

721 views · May 8, 2022

Rabbi Duvi Bensoussan

A discussion on the halachic and ethical implications of jealousy and rechilut.

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good morning gentlemen we are holding on the 85th segment of think before you speak series the laws of srinath allah clarity these matt the great [Music] the name of today's halacha is the jealous neighbor now we're talking about the laws of regilut which again is clarified as one person telling his friend something about someone else that they either said or did that will cause the listener to start hating the person that he's being told about so now if we run to a specific story let's go if we run to a specific story let's go with the concept of we got a neighbor coming out of his apartment an apartment building and his friend walks up to him and says hey do you see today that the other neighbor let's call him was out in the backyard with the city inspectors and he was pointing out to him all the uh different garbage that's on the floor from the play group that your wife runs in the building now you know this guy wanted to close now you know this guy wanted to close down your wife's playgroup for the longest time you know that he was always constantly complaining about noise and he was constantly complaining about whatever litter and garbage that might have been left over wrappers of candies from the kids in the backyard in the back of the apartment building but now it's a whole new story he actually acted on the threat and he brought down the city inspectors to show that there's a play group that's being run in the building and take a look at

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  1. 0:01good morning gentlemen we are holding on the 85th segment of think before you speak series…
  2. 0:42[Music] the name of today's halacha is the jealous neighbor now we're talking about the laws…
  3. 1:12if we run to a specific story let's go with the concept of we got a…
  4. 2:13run in the building and take a look at the mess that it created on the…
  5. 2:43it's clear at first glance it looks like ricky but he's telling this to you the…
  6. 3:44therefore he's allowed to tell it to you you're allowed to believe it because if this…
  7. 4:14business by being able to either approach the guy by being able to approach the city…
  8. 4:45comes to ricky loot if he's telling you something about someone else that affects you to…
  9. 5:45and it might bother other people in the building and he got a sock that told…
  10. 6:15still he's allowed to believe to the extent to protect himself we should find neighbors that…

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