Please Say/Whisper the Words out Loud In merit of this learning may Mendel Shmuel ben Zissel be blessed with an immediate refuah shleima bitoch she’ar cholei yisrael!
Friday - 10 Kislev Perhaps before we think of speaking negatively about someone, we could imagine the trials they are enduring. Perhaps they are suffering financial difficulties, marital problems, physical pain, or a loss of some kind.
Shabbat - 11 Kislev Perhaps they have some external sign of their suffering that we’d notice if we paid attention. Surely then we would find it easy not to cause them further anguish by speaking ill of them.
(Lessons taken from Finding the Right Words by Rosally Saltsman)
Create for yourselves and for everyone around you a spiritual and restful shabbat! Shabbat Shalom! - Ora