A shiur on the importance of guarding speech and the role of circumstantial evidence.
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good morning gentlemen the 35th segment of think before you speak series the laws of show with clarity and our children that passed in the fire hashem these are dedicated for the hat and for the shmirag this specifically donated for the yeshu agadola and the shmirag dolla of moshe ben layah hashem should watch over and protect him today and be my vassar him with nissimi and yeshua the loser circumstantial evidence now what is circumstantial evidence you know you have three cookies on a plate in your kitchen there are a bunch of kids running around the house you turn your back for a moment and one cookie is gone now you don't know who took it so you start looking around for clues and sure enough your six-year-old walks by with a little smile with crumbs around his mouth and chocolate on his fingers that is circumstantial evidence did i see him take the cookie no but there are clues that i picked up that would lead to the possibility that
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- 0:00good morning gentlemen the 35th segment of think before you speak series the laws of show…
- 0:35over and protect him today and be my vassar him with nissimi and yeshua the loser…
- 1:07there are a bunch of kids running around the house you turn your back for a…
- 1:41he might be the culprit that took the cookie that again circumstantial evidence what happens if…
- 2:12you're allowed to believe that provided that it will lead you to a constructive purpose whether…
- 2:45you think you got on the guy from the la shonara you heard about him if…
- 3:18people then it's worthless it's a sword to believe the circumstantial evidence nor what it's leading…
- 3:51lesson to other people because now you have clues that it seems it's correct no it's…
- 4:24circumstantial don't be quick to believe or to judge people even if there might be clues…
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