Latest / Rabbi Benjy's Shiur / Mesilass Yesharim 63
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- 0:01A Showroom Shine. Number 63 If you follow along
- 0:06with the text, we have, we are about to start chapter 20.
- 0:11Interesting. Chapter.
- 0:13The Mich golf Casitas weighing up of stateliness.
- 0:18One must now, be explained is the weighing of one's deeds in
- 0:21relation to what we've spoken about over the last several
- 0:25showroom, idea of saintliness. This is an extremely fundamental
- 0:29process and one which constitutes the most difficult
- 0:32operation because it's so subtle.
- 0:37And you can also very easily be misled, the weighing of sent
- 0:41saintliness, and Tails, great danger, because it's within the
- 0:44power of the eight Sahara to draw many good things.
- 0:47Far from a person as if they were evil and to draw many sins
- 0:52near to a person's if there were a Mitzvah.
- 0:53So you can believe you're being very Pious but actually you're
- 0:57doing things that are really misguided.
- 0:59The truth is that a person must fulfill three requirements in
- 1:04order to succeed in this ability to Way up one's actions again to
- 1:08contemplate, whether they are actually on the path of
- 1:11saintliness. He must possess possess the most
- 1:15just of hearts. when he proposed to get Haley lip over, your son
- 1:23should be upgrades L English, because only inclination is to
- 1:31give pleasure to Hashem, slow T, opinio.
- 1:34So Allah says naca's Rockefeller of his bar.
- 1:38He's not in it at all. He must submitted actions to the
- 1:42closest scrutiny and exert himself to perfect them in,
- 1:46according with this goal of doing it, just for Hashem.
- 1:51And after all this, he must cast his lot with Hashem after which
- 1:56it can be settle such a person as SRI.
- 1:59Adam owes. Like the Happy is the person
- 2:02whose strength is in Hashem low unit over the whole campus on
- 2:08him. Goodness will not be lacking for
- 2:10those who walk in Purity. One of these conditions is not
- 2:14observed. He will not attain to wholeness
- 2:17and he'll be very apt to fall and stumble that is the other
- 2:20person's intention is not select and pure if he weakens in the
- 2:25analysis of his deed to that his full potential is not brought to
- 2:29bear upon them or after or if after all this.
- 2:32He doesn't put his trust in Hashem.
- 2:35It will be very difficult for him.
- 2:36Not to fall. The person who does stand by
- 2:40this three, qualities purity of thought analysis and Trust in
- 2:45Hashem. Such a person will walk in truth
- 2:49and no evil as Yale a better anise below.
- 2:53You earn a local ra, no evil will affect him.
- 3:02Rug lake has seed of fish. Mar some will protect the feet
- 3:06of the Saints. But over time, Alex has value as
- 3:110 viscosity, do she will not abandon his Saints.
- 3:14La, langue nisshin, Maru forever, they will be protected.
- 3:19Now here's a trap because you might think, well, this is worth
- 3:22it. I'm going to be my bodyguard is
- 3:23going to be harsh and but the maiming you think that you're
- 3:26doing something? Because of what you can get out
- 3:27of it, then very quickly. You realize, you're no longer in
- 3:31that category of being a scent renamed.
- 3:34Behold, my should sorry. For having what must be
- 3:36understood is Ka, mate, Lord Under Wraps, I see dust on my
- 3:40Rehan. Harish on, haha, we're not into
- 3:42superficiality. Action should not be judged at
- 3:46first glance but should be carefully observed and reflected
- 3:48upon. So they can be determined how
- 3:51far their results extent for a times in action.
- 3:54In itself, may seem worthy of being done because it's results
- 3:57or evil. You have to leave it alone and
- 4:01if he doesn't then a person will be judged as sooner rather than
- 4:04a saint. Give you an example.
- 4:09Remember that fellow called gedaliah.
- 4:10The one who got stabbed. And because of him, we have to
- 4:13fast. He thought he was being a good
- 4:16cross, it being Pious, he didn't want to hear any gossip about
- 4:20your small, his eventual murderer.
- 4:23They want to hear and his slander says, know your sweet
- 4:26old his yochanan Ben career. Check her out on over a Lea.
- 4:29Sure you're told you're making up lies about him and what
- 4:32happens go? I'm sure mace he died.
- 4:35And the Jews were scattered and that was it brought an end to
- 4:37Jewish presence in the land of Israel.
- 4:42And so Kim, make it clear that he is on some level responsible
- 4:45for all the people who died because of his potential sing
- 4:48Eunice and therefore let's leave this on a conundrum today.
- 4:52You can imagine yourself being very religious, I don't want to
- 4:54hear any gossip. Actually, it's false piety,
- 4:59false saintliness, so come back tomorrow.
- 5:01Let's discover a bit deeper, have a good day.