The Second Look

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

First look, right? You just see the object. You just see what's in front of you, but you don't know what's going on. The second, if you want to, if you want to rustle across something, if you want to run to help another person, you got to look twice. The biggest mistake with people is they make judgments. We have these kids are off to Derek and know I have this high school and the girls are short skirts or whatever they're wearing and people look at them and they're like, "Oh, sloth. Oh, low life." Uh the second look is why is she dressed like that? Somebody hurt her. Somebody doesn't love her. She comes from a dysfunctional family. Something's wrong. I And this is very make a very you know Hashem puts whatever I I I say that should come out of my mouth. What people need to hear, not what I need to say. This is the most important thing I can tell you. The world is busy with the first look. Kids m shave. Kids not learning. Kids not dressed correctly. Kid has long hair, piercings, a tattoo. What? Whatever you see, right? That is not the disease. That he's a drug addict is not the disease. That she's mal Shabas is not the disease. that she's depressed is not the disease. It is a symptom that there is something wrong. The tumor,

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1. 0:00First look, right? You just see the object. You just see what's in front of you,…
2. 0:30that? Somebody hurt her. Somebody doesn't love her. She comes from a dysfunctional family. Something's wrong.…
3. 1:00Kids not learning. Kids not dressed correctly. Kid has long hair, piercings, a tattoo. What? Whatever…
4. 1:30the tumor is the symptom that there's something in the body that's not well. So everybody,…
5. 2:01but he himself doesn't have what it takes to win? Why does he play poker? because…
6. 2:34It's what I do all day and all night. And I'm not saying it from my…
7. 3:05So when you see a girl, not you guys, I don't want you doing this, but…
8. 3:37addiction, you can't get you can't fix the disease in 45 days. You can fix the…
9. 4:08see that you're hurting. How can I help you? What do you need? That's the second…

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