What was the purpose of a certain pop singer (I won't mention his name) who perished in a car accident last Friday night?
ANSWER:
Well I didn't hear about this gentleman, but since you did hear about him, so learn the lesson that people can be on the top of the ladder of success and think that they are going to enjoy this world for the next million years – and suddenly in a flash it's all over. It's an important lesson to keep in mind. I don't know if he was a tzadik or a rosho, probably the second, so if he's a rosho it's important, it says רק בעיניך תביט ושלמת רשעים תראה, you should look at the recompense paid to reshaim.
When John Lennon got a bullet and he dropped dead, in New York City they made a John Lennon Square in his memory; it's a beautiful memorial to him. Because you have to remember that many thousands of young people died young because of LSD or other narcotics that he encouraged with his songs. Therefore when the bullet came, we say that the bullet came a little late; it should have come much earlier.
It's a lesson to the world that reshaim get their recompense. Of course the world prefers to mislead themselves, so right away they stop thinking about Lennon and ask why did this frum Jew get a cold.
Good Shabbos To All
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