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The general way of the world is that when a person is in a state of prosperity, he attributes the cause to his own merits; his wisdom, energy, strength, and might of his hand were the cause of his success, or even “my righteousness and straightness of my heart”. Conversely, when a person is in trouble, he attributes the cause to this person or that person — everyone except himself…
There are endless examples of this. I noted how matchmakers take credit for “making a shidduch” on the rare occasions their suggestion actually works out, while never taking the blame when it doesn’t — that’s always the fault of the singles. They’re the ones who need mentorship and therapy.
People take vaccines, get violently sick anyway, then blame it on those who didn’t take the shots. Their vaccine kept other people safer than it kept them.
Tens of thousands of IDF soldiers and their families had their lives destroyed in the last two years alone for imaginary biblical victories, for a delusion. The fault is not their own for making a religious ideal out of serving Hamans with Hebrew names and “just following orders”, no matter how senseless or obscene. The main culprit is certainly not the Hamans.. If more [charedim] joined the IDF, the Hamans would still be in charge, but at least the Haredim would be murdered and crippled for imaginary reasons as much as everyone else. It’s the principle of the matter.
Teachings of Rav Elchonon Wasserman:
ReplyDeleteThe general way of the world is that when a person is in a state of prosperity, he attributes the cause to his own merits; his wisdom, energy, strength, and might of his hand were the cause of his success, or even “my righteousness and straightness of my heart”. Conversely, when a person is in trouble, he attributes the cause to this person or that person — everyone except himself…
There are endless examples of this. I noted how matchmakers take credit for “making a shidduch” on the rare occasions their suggestion actually works out, while never taking the blame when it doesn’t — that’s always the fault of the singles. They’re the ones who need mentorship and therapy.
People take vaccines, get violently sick anyway, then blame it on those who didn’t take the shots. Their vaccine kept other people safer than it kept them.
Tens of thousands of IDF soldiers and their families had their lives destroyed in the last two years alone for imaginary biblical victories, for a delusion. The fault is not their own for making a religious ideal out of serving Hamans with Hebrew names and “just following orders”, no matter how senseless or obscene. The main culprit is certainly not the Hamans..
If more [charedim] joined the IDF, the Hamans would still be in charge, but at least the Haredim would be murdered and crippled for imaginary reasons as much as everyone else. It’s the principle of the matter.