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Listening To Rechilut - Shemirat Halashon Part 75

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Rabbi Duvi Bensoussan

Rabbi Duvi Bensoussan discusses the dangers of listening to harmful speech.

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Good morning, everybody. We're holding on the 75th segment of the Think Before You Speak series, Laws of Shmirat Lashon with clarity and a few stories. L'ilui Nishmat the great Chofetz Chaim, Zechut Tzaddik L'Vracha. L'ilui Nishmat Reb Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim ben Reb Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, Zechut Tzaddik L'Vracha. L'ilui Nishmat Louise Elizabeth Henriette and her children that perished in the fire. Ruach Hashem Tenuchena B'Gan Eden. As well, these halachot should be a As well, these halachot should be a great zechut for our b'nei chavura that sits and learns every morning from 9:00 to 11:00 before they go out to conquer the world. Hashem should bless them with shefa, bracha, hatzlacha ad bli dai b'zchut these halachot. And as well, the halachot are dedicated for the shmira and aliya and hatzlacha and mazal of Chaim Dovid ben Chaya Sarah. Okay, today we're starting a new segment of the laws of rechilut. Till now, we were talking about talking and speaking rechilut. Today, we're and speaking rechilut. Today, we're actually talking on the flip side of the coin, accepting rechilut, listening to rechilut. So, today's halachot we're going to title listening to rechilut, because that's the beginning of this series. Here we go. So, we can open up with a story and I think these days more than ever, this is so prevalent because the prices of everything is skyrocketing. It doesn't matter what industry you're in. It doesn't matter if you need containers It doesn't matter if you need containers to bring it from overseas or not. Everything is skyrocketing. The prices of everything is through the roof. Gasoline, groceries, lumber, you name it. You know, a few years ago, I wanted to do my basement Lakewood. $45,000. Recently, I came to a guy and said, "Hey, we're thinking of doing the basement." He quoted me $95,000. What happened? It's a basement. This guy

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  1. 0:00Good morning, everybody. We're holding on the 75th segment of the Think Before You Speak series,…
  2. 0:30As well, these halachot should be a great zechut for our b'nei chavura that sits and…
  3. 1:01and speaking rechilut. Today, we're actually talking on the flip side of the coin, accepting rechilut,…
  4. 1:32It doesn't matter if you need containers to bring it from overseas or not. Everything is…
  5. 2:02What happened? It's a basement. This guy is supposed to be, you know, reliable and affordable.…
  6. 2:34It's It literally broke $100. How did it So, you turn to the store owner and…
  7. 3:05that the store owner's prices went through the roof, that's over rechilut. But, wait. Our halacha's…
  8. 3:36rechilut. And you're not allowed to believe the rechilut that someone told you about what someone…
  9. 4:06what he claims your neighbor said about his prices. And therefore he's not allowed to believe…
  10. 4:36but it's also forbidden to accept rekhila rekhilut. It's forbidden to believe that someone really said…

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