Hashem's Chariot - R' Efrem Goldberg

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Sometimes we're insulted. Sometimes someone is incredibly strong in a text and [music] an email and we're tempted to lash out back at them. But if we do, all we do is escalate [music] the situation. That's not a sign of strength. In fact, it's a display of weakness. The Gar tells us that when Tito Harasha entered the B mikdash, the rebon could have eliminated, but instead [music] he chose to stay silent. We say every day who is as great and powerful as you rabbis in tell us to read us. [music] Hashem's strength and greatness is the Hashem's strength and greatness is the capacity to stay silent. And the same is true with us. Not only the power of speech do we have to not hurt or injure others. Not only do we have to know when to speak, but as or more importantly when and how to stay silent to be as our rabbis tell us to be able to absorb [music] the blow of an insult and not lash out back to be able to go on. The zor tells us [music] the charity of hashem has four legs. Three are the fourth leg is David Amal. Now I

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1. 0:06Sometimes we're insulted. Sometimes someone is incredibly strong in a text and [music] an email and…
2. 0:37Hashem's strength and greatness is the capacity to stay silent. And the same is true with…
3. 1:08the fourth leg is David Amal. Now I understand the great patriarchs of our people. But…
4. 1:38our strength as well. So much so that every day when we end the among the…
5. 2:09harsh email or text message. As painful as it might be in that moment, it's far…
6. 2:41hurting us. Let us find that strength [music] and the power of mitsur to not only…

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