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The Chofetz Chaim on the Danger of Causing an Affront to a Talmid Chochom

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

An exploration of the Chofetz Chaim's insights on the dangers of affronting a Talmid Chochom.

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grass. >> Okay friends, good morning. I was looking for something uh from the on tishvat and I did not find anything in the writings of the onvat which is very telling about two bishvat's role in that this is not something that even discusses in the whole it's only mentioned two times one is you don't say mentioned two times one is you don't say and one is if there is a I believe if somebody took upon himself a series of fasts. But since is compared to a tree, every person is compared to a tree. Especially the said the significance of is it's the new year for and the was able to discern the he had and the was able to discern the he had pre-ish and postbat. Okay. Okay. So, we'll learn something on paras that is relevant to says like this. The say anyone who touches the mountain will die. I don't understand what's wrong with touching the mountain. The mountain doesn't have feelings.

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  1. 0:00grass. >> Okay friends, good morning. I was looking for something uh from the on tishvat…
  2. 0:30mentioned two times one is you don't say and one is if there is a I…
  3. 1:02and the was able to discern the he had pre-ish and postbat. Okay. Okay. So, we'll…
  4. 1:34says if the mountain that doesn't have intelligence has no feelings it was sanctified through it…
  5. 2:04and now let's use a what if somebody infringes on the honor of is not somebody…
  6. 2:44and because of this he brings in the footnote's practice was to wage war with those…
  7. 3:16gohadar the luminary of vna when the left attacked to try to publicly humiliate him. Um…
  8. 3:47everybody's responsibility to preserve his even if it means that you yourself are being shamed. Anyway,…

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