Gerrer Rebbi Surprise Visit to Yeshiva - R' Yechiel Spero

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It is not a common occurrence for the Garer Rebbe to come into the elementary school, [music] into the Yeshiva, where there is young boys under the age of Bar Mitzvah. And yet on one day, the Garer Rebbe appeared out of nowhere. Nobody knows what happened, >> [music] >> except for the few boys that were involved in the incident. Previous day, a group of boys had bullied another boy. They had made fun of him, they had tormented him, they had [music] whispered about him. They bullied him, and they hurt him very badly with their words. >> [snorts] >> And the Rebbe appeared the next day with an important message. He said, "Kinderlach, every year tens of thousands of people come banging on my door, and I ask them if chos v'sholom they ever hurt someone, maybe when they were young. Did they speak about someone? Did they make fun of someone? Did they torment someone?" He said, "Because there's something in the Torah that's called [music] a palindrome. We're familiar with venosnu. When you give money to someone, you get that

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1. 0:07It is not a common occurrence for the Garer Rebbe to come into the elementary school,…
2. 0:38>> [snorts] >> And the Rebbe appeared the next day with an important message. He said,…
3. 1:08money back in return. You never lose by giving. Well, the opposite [music] is true when…
4. 1:43vast majority of those who come to my door with tzaros indeed did have some sort…
5. 2:18kill, but words can also [music] give life. Nitzar, because words matter. Choose wisely.…

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