The transcription presents a reflection on the use of force, even for righteous purposes. It begins with a story of a rebetsin on Yom Kippur who, when urged to repent for mistakes, recalled pushing a Jew into a bomb shelter during World War II to save his life. Despite the positive outcome, she insisted that pushing a Jew requires repentance, emphasizing that any use of force is regrettable. This is paralleled with the biblical account of Pinchas, who killed Zimri and was rewarded with a covenant of peace. However, the Torah scrolls write the word "peace" with a broken letter, symbolizing that such forceful actions, while sometimes necessary, are not the ultimate ideal of peace. The speaker concludes that force should only be used as a last resort and with precise minimal intensity, as harming others is never desirable. The transcription ends with dedications for recent engagements and birthdays, wishing blessings to the mentioned individuals.
Are you sure you've exhausted all other options? And is this really the only way, and does it have to be done with such intensity? Good morning. Rebetsin Chiamuchko was once reciting the confessionary prayers on Yom Kippur. And one of the secretaries was then in Rebets' home made the following comment. Rebetsin, you have to repent, you made mistakes to which Rebetsin replied, "Once during the war, in World War II, she noticed a Jew whose life was in danger because he was not in the bomb shelter. He wasn't going fast enough. So she pushed him into the bomb shelter and saved his life, but she said, "Farashutbhtan naidindhaathun shuvatan" If you push a Jew, one needs to repent. In a similar way, in the 6th Torah portion, the Torah tells us that in the merit of Pinchas killing Zimri, he merited to become a Cohen and all his offspring are considered as a descendant of Aaron. And God says to him, "I'm going to give you my covenant of peace." It sounds amazing. However, the word "peace" in every Torah scroll has the letter of "severed" There's a little bit of "incomissing" in that letter to tell us that although it may be necessary at times to exert force, but that's not the ultimate peace that we want. It's not the optimum way things are done. It may need to be done, yes, but only after exhausting all their options and only exactly mind-like water to the degree necessary. You never want to harm anyone. I dedicate a minute of Torah today to Barak Marshaq and Shoshana Tab an honor of the recent engagement. Mazal Tab to Nacham and Yosefah for their recent engagement, may your wedding be a short table, muslachas, Binyan hadayyad. I also want to dedicate this to the birthdays of Shira Khana, Nacham and Mardachai, Shnir Zaman Avram, and Khayy Nasr Gurdavitch. O Yusuf Aksun, Tehrah, Gupom, Simtowim, have a wonderful day.
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A rebetsin recounted pushing a Jew into a bomb shelter during WWII to save his life, but felt she needed to repent for using force.
The Torah portion discusses Pinchas killing Zimri, for which he received a covenant of peace, but the word "peace" in the Torah has a broken letter, indicating that force is not the ideal.
The lesson is that force may be necessary only after exhausting all other options, and must be applied minimally and with reluctance.
The speaker dedicates the Torah minute to several individuals for engagements, birthdays, and honors.
Summary:
The transcription presents a reflection on the use of force, even for righteous purposes. It begins with a story of a rebetsin on Yom Kippur who, when urged to repent for mistakes, recalled pushing a Jew into a bomb shelter during World War II to save his life. Despite the positive outcome, she insisted that pushing a Jew requires repentance, emphasizing that any use of force is regrettable.
This is paralleled with the biblical account of Pinchas, who killed Zimri and was rewarded with a covenant of peace. However, the Torah scrolls write the word "peace" with a broken letter, symbolizing that such forceful actions, while sometimes necessary, are not the ultimate ideal of peace. The speaker concludes that force should only be used as a last resort and with precise minimal intensity, as harming others is never desirable.
The transcription ends with dedications for recent engagements and birthdays, wishing blessings to the mentioned individuals.
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She said that even though she saved his life by pushing him into a bomb shelter, one needs to repent for pushing a Jew.
It teaches that Pinchas merited to become a Cohen and receive God's covenant of peace for killing Zimri.
It indicates that although force may be necessary at times, it is not the ultimate peace and should only be used as a last resort and with minimal intensity.
Force should only be used after exhausting all other options and to the exact degree necessary, never wanting to harm anyone.
The Rebetsin was Rebetsin Chiamuchko, who was reciting confessionary prayers on Yom Kippur.
The secretary said the Rebetsin had to repent for making mistakes.
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