When Nobody's Watching | Rabbi Moshe Scheinerman

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[music] >> The possuk tells us "V'nikdashti b'soch b'nei Yisrael." My name shall be sanctified [music] in the nation of Yisrael, of klal Yisrael. The Rambam brings down if a person is poresh, does not involve himself in aveira, or [music] performs a mitzvah not for the reason of kavod, or because he has a fear of heavenly retribution. No, he does it because he understands that this is the right thing to [music] do in his avodas Hashem. That individual is compared to Yosef HaTzaddik, says the Rambam. Yosef HaTzaddik was deserving of having an os, the os hey, added to his name, Yehosef, because [music] of his hanhaga, of the way he acted with Eishes Potiphar. Nobody knew. No one would have ever known. Our Rabbis tell us that an individual who's mekadesh Hashem, on him is bestowed the blessing of [music] Ani B'ho u'she'eino, performing an act of kiddush Hashem by virtue of the fact that he does not involve himself in an aveira, or performs a mitzvah for purely

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1. 0:01[music] >> The possuk tells us "V'nikdashti b'soch b'nei Yisrael." My name shall be sanctified [music]…
2. 0:33compared to Yosef HaTzaddik, says the Rambam. Yosef HaTzaddik was deserving of having an os, the…
3. 1:03reasons of kodesh shamayim. That individual is a mekadesh Hashem. The Naitre Rav, Reb Michoel Ber…
4. 1:34Hashem. However, said Reb Michoel Ber, "Indeed, they were mekadesh Hashem. Mekadesh Hashem k'voilam, shmei marom.…
5. 2:04There's a story I recall hearing from one of my colleagues. A fellow was on a…
6. 2:34on the wall and a button underneath that screen and I knew that if I touch…
7. 3:04him, no one knew what his desire was and yet because [music] he wanted to do…

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