Taking Revenge - by Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits

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[Music] Oh [Music] the Torah prohibits revenge you were hurt by someone physically financially emotionally don't take revenge emotionally don't take revenge sounds good silly doesn't it why not what happened to justice is it right to take revenge God takes revenge doesn't God stand up for justice at the end of days read with the prophets after say there's going to be justice why is it that a human being with God expects that we not take revenge there are many perspectives that we find there are many perspectives that we find in the different commentaries I would like to focus on one in particular because it is so important in understanding how to deal with the difficulties in life the Rambam writes that the reason why we do not take revenge is because there is nothing in life that is worth getting so worked up over that you're going to lose it build up all that vengeance where you really up all that vengeance where you really want to get back at the other person to be so involved to the point of feeling I got to take revenge that represents taking what Rambam says are the vanities of life just too seriously the truth of the matter is that this is not limited to the issue every Venge hang anger which is so fun anger which we know destroyed us it destroys us physically anger is not

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1. 0:00[Music] Oh [Music] the Torah prohibits revenge you were hurt by someone physically financially emotionally don't…
2. 0:31emotionally don't take revenge sounds good silly doesn't it why not what happened to justice is…
3. 1:01there are many perspectives that we find in the different commentaries I would like to focus…
4. 1:31up all that vengeance where you really want to get back at the other person to…
5. 2:02it destroys us physically anger is not good for your heart and it's not good for…
6. 2:36that will go so far the relationship has now been brought down a level in a…
7. 3:07reason with us the human being has the responsibility to reason with himself stop and think…
8. 3:38does it really pay I never seen the calendar proverb anger is punishing yourself for the…
9. 4:08losing total proportion a human being just forgetting what in life is important and what is…
10. 4:42opportunity for it but why get worked up why get so angry why make yourself thick…

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