Instead of sending out a regular lesson as i know people are busy and looking
for inspiration, I am attaching the letter from Rebbetzin Kanievski about the
importance of Shmirat Halashon.
I would also like to personally disclose
that in my own family, since we have started to learn these lessons, we have
seen tremendous changes in our awareness of the importance of speech. I realized
last week also that since my family has started learning (right after pesach) we
have had three engagements/weddings and many other beautiful blessings. As Rabbi
Segal from Manchester writes: "Never did I see a person who learned 2 Halachot
of Shemirat Halashon every day and didn’t see salvation from above, whether in
children, shidduch, good health, parnasa or bringing up the children".
As many of you have told me over the past few months, learning how
important and powerful speech could be, and taking measures to ensure we speak
constructively, really opens people up to see things differently. There is a
very famous quote used in social work that states "I learn what i believe when i
hear myself speak". This is so accurate. By how we speak, we can choose how we
see people, how we approach people, and how willing we are to look at things in
a positive light. We all know personal examples of having our views changed
about someone or something because of how someone else spoke about the person.
Right?
As many of you know,Yom Kippur is not about regret or self pity,
rather it is our opportunity to stand before our Creator, to ask for and look
forward to a beautiful future. In the merit of this learning, may all of you be
blessed to have all your thoughts, prayers, and wishes answered for the good on
this amazing powerful and holy day. May you merit a long happy healthy year
with inner peace, blessing, success, health, happiness, and may all of you merit
to fulfill your true potential in this world without any pain or
suffering.
Here is the letter from Rebbetzin Kanievsky:
The
situation in Eretz Yisrael is very difficult. We are suffering terrible
losses, many orphans and widows from different diseases. My husband, Reb Chaim,
was asked what could be the reason for all these tragedies. The Rabbi opened
a Gemara and said it’s because of foul language. How can we correct ourselves?
Only by watching what we say. I read an article written by Rabbi Segal from
Manchester who writes:
"Never did I see a person who learned 2 Halachot
of Shemirat Halashon every day and didn’t see salvation from above, whether in
children, shidduch, good health, parnasa or bringing up the children. He had
promised that whoever will learn the Chafetz Hayim, he will be his defender in
Heaven. "And we witnessed miracles that happened to people who took upon
themselves two Halachot every day and saw Yeshuot. While I was reading the
article a woman walked in crying and said she has a number of aging daughters
that are still not married. I showed her the article and immediately she said
she will learn two Halachot of Shemirat Halashon every day. Within three days
one daughter got engaged. Two months later her second daughter and ba"h this
woman saw many Yeshuot. Like her, hundreds of girls who took upon themselves the
Shemirat Halashon got married. A different story is about a woman who came to
us about a year agowith great sorrow saying that she’d been married for 20 years
and shedid not have children. I advised her to learn two Halchot every day and
B"H she conceived and now has a month old baby boy. And another story: A
few weeks ago a woman came to me, broken and crying, and said that her mother is
in the hospital with a growing tumor. She asked what she could take upon herself
to help. Again, I advised that the entire family learn two Halachot of Shemirat
Halashon every day. Two days later she returned and asked of me to tell her
story and the miracle that happened. She said that the entire family gathered
and decided to learn two Halachot daily and two days later they received a phone
call from the hospital saying to come and pick up the mother, the tumor is gone
and she is in good health. I hear many miracles such as these. And now, we
should all take upon ourselves, bli neder, to learn two Halachot of Shemirat
Halashon every day and pray with great kavana. A prayer that comes from the
heart through a holy mouth is immediately accepted by Boreh-Olam and prevents
many troubles and tragedies and brings Yeshua to the world. In the future, each
one of us will be shown how many wonderful doings, how many people we saved. And
thanks to you, my dear righteous women and girls, we will have the Zechut to
bring Mashiah Tzidkeinu soon in our days. Yehi Ratzon that Hashem will
fulfill all of your wishes for the best, Batsheva Kanyevsky
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