Disgracing Oneself To Honor Hashem - The Chofetz Chaim's Call To Roshei Yeshiva

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

Okay, friends. The Hafetz Chaim on Parshas Shelach. We have a small piece today, perek tes vav pasuk lamed aleph, ki dvar Hashem baza es mitzvotai hefer. He kareis tikareis. Necheras mishpatai shel hamegadef bekareis. The judgement of the blasphemer judgement of the blasphemer is the decidedly and decisively issued that he's chayav kareis. Why? Al asher baza es dvar Hashem. He disgraced the word of God. Anachnu huzharnu lechabeid es Hashem u'derachav lekadeish shem Shamayim berabim. We are warned to honor Hashem and his ways, to sanctify his name publicly. U'reshum anu afilu levazois es atzmeinu lemaan kevod Shamayim. We are even allowed to embarrass,

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1. 0:00Okay, friends. The Hafetz Chaim on Parshas Shelach. We have a small piece today, perek tes…
2. 0:32judgement of the blasphemer is the decidedly and decisively issued that he's chayav kareis. Why? Al…
3. 1:03We are even allowed to embarrass, disgrace, shame ourselves to honor Hashem, to honor the heaven,…
4. 1:33Says the maaseh lemelech al eimar hazah hayah margala bepumei shel hasaba kadisha zatzal. Beasifos harabonim…
5. 2:05the running of Yeshivas She Kedai Le'hazois Es Atzman L'maan Hegdil Ul'habeich Shem Shamayim that it's…
6. 2:36objective in this world, even to disgrace ourselves we need to honor Hashem even at personal…

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