[Avodah] See No Evil

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

R' Aryeh Herzig (on Areivim):

<SNIP>

So he said - in a little twist of puctuation: Every affliction (

misbehavior) that is seen by a man seemingly outside of him (or his
immediate circle ) is really his own.  It is being shown to him because he
needs improvement in this area himself.

 

An aside: About 10 years ago, my son Yehuda asked the Boyaner Rebbe Shlita
what to do when he passes by the demonstraters saying   'Shabbos, Shabbos'
at the cars on Bar-Ilan.

  Should he also do it?

 

The Rebbe replied first quoting this idea of the Baal Shem Tov.  The he told
my son that if you are seeing Chillul Shabbos, it is a message that there is
something about YOUR Shabbos that needs impovement. So do say 'Shabbos
Shabbos' if you see a car - but say it quietly and say it at yourself.

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I'm quoting two old posts of mine from Areivim, from '06 and '07,
respectively, which are germane:

 

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Trying to meet my deadline, I came upon a great story to share with the
chevra. It's from Ma'amar Mordechai (R' Mordechai Schwab) 3:81.

 

"I heard from the Gaon R' Yechezkel Abramsky that when he was the Rav of
Slutsk all the townspeople were Shomrei Shabbos. Once, he saw Chillul
Shabbos. He immediately summoned all the people to gather in Shul, and he
lectured about Shmiras Shabbos. In the distance he saw someone crying - it
was that person who had been Mechallel shabbos.

[R' Schwab continues - MYG] Think about this - he saw only one Chillul
Shabbos, and this was impetus enough to gather the whole city to lecture
about Chillul Shabbos! All this was to uproot this from the environment..."

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And:

 

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I think I once posted a story with R' Mordechai Schwab that illustrates a
different point of view. When he was visiting EY, he saw a car driving on
Shabbos, and said, it must be an Arab. Next car, it must be a Yoledes. Next,
it must be a sick person. When it reached the point of absurdity, his son
asked him, you know these aren't all Yoldos and Arabs. He explained, that
seeing Chillul Shabbos is bad for a person. He would rather not see it. (I
may have the quotes wrong - which is why there are no quotation marks - but
that's the gist of it.)

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KT,

MYG

 

 

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