Deos 6:6,7,9
Deos 6:6,7,9 – Chiyuv to be mocheil is an extension of the chiyuv to be mochiach. – 2 separate mechayevim: 1) be efficacious to stop someone from doing wrong 2) to uproot sinas halev. Can have #2 even absent #1.
Kol Dodi Dofek 4
– Both yachid and tzibbur must react to yisruin with teshuva / aliyah.– No such thing as taanis without teshuva– Yisruin, as well as an eis tzara, serve as a general yedias hacheit – i.e. indicate that there’s some problem
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Tochacha
– additional sources for the two mechayevim of giving tochacha – deos 6:8 – don’t humiliate the person with tochacha. Also teaches us to stay far away from the lesser form, ie embarrassment, give that one can lose his olam
Kol Dodi Dofek 5
– “Why” leaves room for many difficult follow-up questions, “what” doesn’t and instead leads us to what is required of us– theme of sefer Iyuv:a) approach to yisrum as “what” and not “why”b) HKB”H initially looks to elicit reaction through
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Hilchos Teshuva 1: Re-Orienting Our Perspective
Lashon Hara
Perek 7: definition of issue L”H is communication, not l dibbur per se (Rambam doesn’t use a dibbur verb), so what the Chofetz Chaim says that one is oveir regardless of the medium (eg social media) is muchrach. Question: since
Kol Dodi Dofek 6
– The Rav initially writes that yissurin come to raise one up. Later writes it’s about shortcomings, and specifically it comes from a failure in bein adam lachaveiro.– Beracha has to be shared. When the sequence of events is beracha
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