[Avodah] The Power of Speech

[Micha Berger]

>From today's "Hakhel Email Community Awareness Bulletin":
    22 Shevat 5772

    IMPORTANT NOTE: We recall that today is the Yahrzeit of the Manchester
    Rosh HaYeshiva, HaRav Yehuda Zev B'R Moshe Yitzchak HaLevi Segel,
    Z'tl. HaRav Segel put the Koach HaPeh at the forefront of his Avodas
    Hashem and assured others that they would experience personal Yeshuos
    through the proper study and application of Shemiras Halashon. His
    special dedication to the Koach HaPeh teaches us all that one can
    continuously edify and refine his speech and his manner of speech. "
    'I am going to cheat on my diet with this piece of cake.'; 'Can I
    steal a moment of your time?'; 'What a disgusting bug!'; 'That food
    is nasty.'; 'I have no patience for this!'; 'I can't talk to you bye
    [click].'; are all examples of short statements which ultimately
    impact a person's mindset and overall personality. Replacing the
    snaps, remarks and quips, and the gruff, negative and unseemly words
    with wise words of compliment, praise, optimism and encouragement
    may appear to have a limited effect upon a small part of the overall
    day--but actually will impact surely and steadily on a large part of
    one's personality. The time to begin to improve with better, more
    chosen words is not tomorrow or next week--if for no other reason
    than there is simply more to accomplish tomorrow and more to grow in
    next week. May our election to become better today, on the Manchester
    Rosh HaYeshiva's Yahrzeit, bring us the individual Yeshuos that the
    Manchester Rosh HaYeshiva so seriously attributed to a worthy Ruach
    Memalela--the expression of our spirit from within--as expressed to
    the outside world by our power of speech!


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Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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