{"id":1854,"date":"2015-10-08T00:18:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T00:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1854"},"modified":"2015-10-08T00:18:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T00:18:16","slug":"acherei-motkedoshim-5761","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1854","title":{"rendered":"Acherei Mot\/Kedoshim (5761)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Drash\u00a0Cards for Acherei Mot\/Kedoshim (5761)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ch 19, v-18 are remarkable. \u00a0v 1-8 are about ritual, v 9-18 about the origins of altruistic love.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 But v 17 says that it is \u00a0a mitzvah to rebuke\/admonish\/reprove someone. \u00a0How does this fit into this remarkable chapter?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Rashi says that when one\u00a0rebukes\/admonishes\/reproves another, it should never be with embarrassment (Eruvin 16b).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Chazon Ish says that admonishment is limited and constrained by &#8216;do not hate&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Avnei Ezel says that admonishment is effective only when it comes from a loving heart &#8212; it can never be in anger.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 R. Simcha Zissel of Kelm as a student read private letters of another person, but then waited 2 months before discussing the issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 R. Elazar ben Azaryah said &#8220;I wonder if there is anyone in this generation [read = any generation] who has the ability to offer rebuke&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Various other sages add that one should ask &#8220;What are my true motives in trying to correct this person?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Chofetz Chaim noted that most people suffer enough already, so we should not add guilt.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Once R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev heard a preacher harshly rebuking someone and prayed to God: &#8220;Please remember this person is not speaking. Rather, it is his problems and suffering&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drash\u00a0Cards for Acherei Mot\/Kedoshim (5761) by Marc Mangel \u2022 Ch 19, v-18 are remarkable. \u00a0v 1-8 are about ritual, v 9-18 about the origins of altruistic love. \u2022 But v 17 says that it is \u00a0a mitzvah to rebuke\/admonish\/reprove someone. \u00a0How does this fit into this remarkable chapter? \u2022 Rashi says that when one\u00a0rebukes\/admonishes\/reproves another, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1854\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1854","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1855,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1854\/revisions\/1855"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}