Tomer Devorah with Rabbi Avigdor Miller 26 Ch 11 Chesed LeAvraham Kindness to Avraham Hashem Tr

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Shalom. We are continuing with Tom Devor. We're in chapter 11 learning about the new mida, a new trait of Hashem, his character trait of mercy called Abraham, kindness to Abraham. In the previous mida called a medlyov, we learned that Hashem treats even a regular Jew with a lot of love, but specifically with the trait called emit, meaning truth. And we explained that it means strict justice. We have a rule that the way a person treats others or treats life in general, that's how he gets treated by Hashem. So when a Jew treats others with strict justice by following the letter of the law and saying he owes me and therefore I'm going to demand it. I am obligated in this and therefore I will perform it and I'm not obligated in this and therefore I will not do it. I will only do the minimum. I'm not going to do more but at the same time I'm not going to do less than the minimum. I will fulfill everything 100%. So then Hashem says I will treat you the same way. I will do to you only what you deserve only what I have to do for you. And this is not a recommended um behavior for a Jew towards Hashem or towards other individuals. And that is because when we have a rule that when Hashem lets us know what he likes, what he wants us to do, that is just a um a hint of what

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1. 0:01Shalom. We are continuing with Tom Devor. We're in chapter 11 learning about the new mida,…
2. 2:41I I do A, B, and C. I'm not gonna miss even one letter. That's good.…
3. 5:57of your um imagination. And so every every prayer our sages say should be different. We…
4. 9:23letter of the law. For example, Hashem told Abraham to do Milah and Abraham listened of…
5. 12:14and volunteered to oppose the environment. It was dangerous. He could have excused himself and said,…
6. 15:36like we said goes beyond the letter of the law. the law that he himself made…
7. 18:58in braot anyone whom Hashem desires he crushes with afflictions afflictions. Anyone that Hashem loves he…
8. 21:39God? Will he say enough is enough? Will he say let me just close my eyes…
9. 24:47because for very great sadikim there is a different rule than the one we are learning…
10. 27:54demands of us greater respect for them, greater care for them. And toward all other people,…

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