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Beyond the Letter of the Law | Pele Yoetz | Hachzek Day 142 · The Torah Sparks Podcast

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, Khaber, today's Arab Shamas, of Parshis Vagira.
• 0:03
  SPEAKER_00: Here we go.
• 0:04
  SPEAKER_00: Yashros.
• 0:04
  SPEAKER_00: Roy Lodimishlohamed Dabar La Dintira.
• 0:11
  SPEAKER_00: Above the letter of the law.
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_00: Don't be so like go beyond above Shari Loh Kharbi Shlaim Alal Shami Deb al Dintira.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: The Ishlaim was destroyed.
• 0:21
  SPEAKER_00: People were following what they were supposed to be doing, but they didn't live above and beyond the letter of the law.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: They just did, crossing the eyes, datting the T's, just doing what you have to do.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: Because then Hashem acts in kind.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: Then he does the same thing.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: He does exactly what we're deserving of an Imsuchayavim, and inevitably he's gonna find that we are held liable.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: But if we want Hashem to go above and beyond Golif Numisher Saddin, then we have to do the same.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: There's no doubt that a person who takes money from his friend, and he does so according to very strict, strict, strict, but it's not, it's it's very strict according to the halakha per se, but it's not, it's not fair, it's not ethical what he's doing.
• 1:07
  SPEAKER_00: For example, let's say somebody gives a bigot on a security to his fellow to watch for safekeeping.
• 1:12
  SPEAKER_00: He doesn't give him payment to do so.
• 1:15
  SPEAKER_00: And then it was subsequently lost or stolen from the guy who was it was who was given it the custodian.
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_00: Sha'af in Ad Din, Michael Shalim, even though technically he should be now responsible to pay because it was stolen from him, it's not the right thing to do.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: The guy who shouldn't be held responsible, and therefore, even though he might actually be deserving of you of it of him paying, you should, as the guy who gave him this stop thing to watch, you should say, no, no, you don't have to.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_00: Nobody thinks that they're at fault.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: A person should always uh challenge himself to ask, to seek greater, to seek counsel from people who are greater than him, to go to a Torah scholar.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_00: He should really attempt to understand what Hashem really want from me in this case.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: Imagine the scenario was reverse.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: Let's say his friend was claiming against him, would you want your friend to be so strict and so exacting?
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: Says the Pala Yat, a person is, a person is, his character is truly recognized by his wallet, by how he deals with money.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: Beautiful line.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: We should plaster this on the walls.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: Wealth that a person gains in a crooked way will ultimately result in loss.
• 3:17
  SPEAKER_00: Everything will be done in a fair and kosher decay.
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_00: And they'll go above beyond the letter of the law.
• 3:28
  SPEAKER_00: And when we go above the letter of the law, then Hashem will act in kind.
• 3:31
  SPEAKER_00: Says the Paliot's Vichena, Yashus Tarhma Odbina Limur.
• 3:34
  SPEAKER_00: Person needs to have this attitude of Yashras, of correctness, of straightness when it comes to learning, She Yashar, and to ensure that what he's learning is true and accurate.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: Person shouldn't turn this way and this way to come up with far-fetched ideas to uphold his position, even though he's now introduced to the truth.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: He should just be humble and say, no, okay, this is Yasha.
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_00: I'm going with this, even though I thought like this and learned like this.
• 4:02
  SPEAKER_00: If one wants to be successful in learning, he has to develop this Mida of Yasha's, because then his studies will not find favor.
• 4:13
  SPEAKER_00: If someone's so stuck and it's just sticking with his shot, then I'm right, I'm right, I'm right, then he's actually destroying worlds.
• 4:19
  SPEAKER_00: I've always not so as a person.
• 4:23
  SPEAKER_00: If he's purely fair-minded, if he will gravitate towards um the truth, all of them are shrinking me, Shabbala Bataba, this is the type of person upon which we praise and say, fortunate is the person whose toil is in Taira and who gives pleasure to his creator of Hain, Hayim Marbim Shalom Ba'il.
• 4:40
  SPEAKER_00: These are people who increase peace in the world, somebody who's able to be humble enough to say, Hey, the way I learned maybe it was wrong, and you're introduced to something that actually makes sense that the star is correct, whatever it is, now you're introduced to Yashras.
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_00: To go with that, to go on that path of strayness.
• 4:54
  SPEAKER_00: We should all be Zaychitaka to do that.
• 4:56
  SPEAKER_00: Wishing you all the best.
• 4:57
  SPEAKER_00: Have a beautiful Shabbos.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_00: I look forward forward to learning with you as a Shabbat next week.