Lechteich Mussar Podcast

Bais HaLevi #24 - Ahavas Yisroel

Don Jarashow Season 2 Episode 24
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Okay, everybody, welcome back to the Lech Teich Moshe podcast. We continue with the Beis Levi expounding on these Pesukim and Eichah and how they relate to the B'ai Shishun, the B'ai Sheini. We continue with Avob B'ai Sheini in the middle of chapter 11, paraket Aleph. Avob B'ai Sheini, eina Golos Tulei B'yamim. The exile which we're in now Is not dependent On a specific number of days. We said yesterday that the Golis of Biosphician Was 70 years In correspondence To the 7 days of Anida, but in this one it's not in correspondence To any specific amount of days, but only on purification and repentance. If we would repent, they would have been redeemed, since we did not repent. If we would repent, they would have been redeemed. Since we do not repent, the exile continues for an extended amount of time and our redemption is dependent only on repentance. The first base of Mikdash was referred to. The galas was referred to as a nida. But in terms of the second base of Mikdash, which is what the focus and we're trying to get to, is the second base of Mikdash, the sin was because of Beis' hatred, the Gemara says this means that their sin in this instance was not recognized and so obvious. This is in contrast to the appearance of the first Beis Hamikdash, which were very recognizable, very obvious. They were the three cardinal sins Avodizarg, yelorayesh and Chistamim and why is it not so obvious? By Sinu Shechinam, dechol, echad, seve B'daytei.

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Everyone rationalizes in his mind, and this is something at least myself and maybe for you as well we can all relate to this. We all think in our minds that justice and integrity are with them, but he sees the disgrace and deficiency of his fellow. Therefore, even in the Golas, we're not able to repent. Instead of us rectifying and repenting, all we do is we see the bad in our friend, we say it's his fault, we don't say we're sorry, we say that the obligation to be honest and to say sorry and to come clean and to make amends is always on the other person. And we were perfectly good, we did nothing wrong, we did no harm, we owe no apologies. This is something we all succumb to. This is the nature of the beast.

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Unfortunately, and this is the gullus we live in and as the base levy says, just reading this, it's just very frightening that these words are very strong. We're living in very severe exile. Look around, look at the past few years, look past that. We're living in a very deep, thick galas. Look around, can't say everyone is struggling, but there's so many struggling. We all know of people near and far. There's so many organizations, so many communities, people all around the world struggling.

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And what's the cause of this? It's because of our inability to be bigger, be better, to overcome completely, beat the whole tit for tat mentality and waiting for everyone else to be nice and apologize, and instead look at ourselves and even when it's uncomfortable and even when we're quite convinced and we think we're 100% right and maybe there are other people that are telling us we're right instead to just be bigger and be kvish aramidus and say I'm gonna be bigger, I'm gonna be better and I'm gonna make men's. And that's the of this gaulus, this bitter gaulus that we still, unfortunately, encounter. This is what it means when the posse says her defilement is on her hems. Why is it at her hems? Because the defilement was hidden in the crevices of the step. Until even the people themselves, us, we don't recognize what we're lacking, we don't look within ourselves, we don't even know the bad.

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To what evil degree the hatred will bring In addition to its intrinsic evil, is, moreover, the basis for all the evils in the world that sprout from it. As the passage says, she has sunk astonishingly. There is no one to comfort her, For she is unaware of any time when she will be redeemed, which will console her. Since their sin was not revealed, the end of their punishment was also not revealed. Meaning the enemy, who is the evil inclination, the Satan and the nations of the world. That it is bad enough that they, referring to Kal Yisrael, the sultan and the nations of the world. That it is bad enough that they, referring to Kal Yisrael, did not repent by means of the Golis. On the contrary, to the contrary, the hatred and division of hearts increase. No-transcript.