Thursday, September 4, 2008

The Man of Truth By Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser

However, when the “Man of Truth” heard this, he said, “If I could only be relieved from having to see you and your despicable face.”

The woman was horrified at her master’s unusual response to her blessing. But then he began to enumerate for her all his complaints. With a heavy heart, the maidservant left the house.

Upon his return from shul, the young man remembered to visit his wealthy childless uncle who had fallen ill and was looking forward to visitors. As he walked towards his uncle’s house, he mentally began to calculate the huge sums of money he would inherit upon the death of this uncle. With this in mind, and no conscious thought of deceit, our “Man of Truth” entered his uncle’s house. When he came into the sickroom, the young man remarked, “My dear uncle, I’m so happy to see you looking so ill. I am optimistic that you will not leave the bed upon which you are lying, and I look forward to becoming wealthy from the inheritance of your possessions.” He candidly continued to speak his mind, until the afflicted uncle finally banished him from the house.

27 comments:

Unknown said...

R’ Nachman said, “he who adds to the truth, decreases it.”

Unknown said...

R’ Nachman said, “where there is no truth, there’s no kindness.”

Anonymous said...

R’ Nachman of Breslov said, “he who is far from the truth is far from charity.”

Anonymous said...

R’ Baruch of Mezhbuzh said, “as one thinks of Hash-m in his heart, so does Hash-m think of him.”

Anonymous said...

R’ Nachman said, “when a person learns Torah, it draws down the Hashgacha on the person”.

Unknown said...

R’ Baruch of Mezhbuzh said, “we don’t have to bow down to Hash-m with our body, we have to bow down with our hearts.”

Unknown said...

R’ Baruch of Mezhbuzh said, “we don’t have to bow down to Hash-m with our body, we have to bow down with our hearts.”

Unknown said...

R’ Rafael of Bershad said, “if you want people to love you, you should love them first.”

Unknown said...

The Kutzker once said, “Every mitzvah has to be done with a proper intention, except for humility.”

Unknown said...

The Vetepsker once said, “Before Hash-m, the highest Tzadik and the lowest commoner are equal.”

Unknown said...

The Vetepsker once said, “Before Hash-m, the highest Tzadik and the lowest commoner are equal.”

Unknown said...

the fourth foundation of doing Teshuva is Yagun- feeling distress for forsaking Hash-m. -Orchos Tzdikim.

Anonymous said...

its so easy to get overwhelmed when we think of all the Aveiros we did this year. But we should only worry about doing Teshuva and returning to Hash-m, being shomer Torah and Mitzvos, careful with certain areas we know we have great difficulty in. That's all HKBH wants from us, we are only human and prone to make mistakes, we need to look past them, learn from them and grow!

Anonymous said...

not allways is easy to add a truth, and R'Nachmans words are inspirational

Unknown said...

The Rambam said, “ those who consider something printed to be proof are fools.”

Unknown said...

Yehuda HaLevy says, “my pen is my harp and my lyre, and my library is my garden and orchard.’

Anonymous said...

In Mishlei it says, “the borrower is the servant of the lender.”

Anonymous said...

He who lengthens the life of a poor man through Tzedaka will lengthen his own life.

Unknown said...

R’ Yosef Cairo said, “no man is ever impoverished by giving Tzeddaka, nor is there any harm caused by it.

Unknown said...

R’ Shmelke of Nicklesberg once said, “ don’t use the Chutzpa of a begger as an excuse to not help him.”

Unknown said...

In Talmud Avoda Zara it is written, “we learn best what our hearts prepare to learn.”

Unknown said...

In Beitza it says, “if one has compassion for others, Then Hash-m has compassion on him.”

Unknown said...

In Berachos it says, “a dream not interpreted is like a letter unread.”

Unknown said...

“with faith there are no questions; without faith there are no answers.” –Chofetz Chaim

Unknown said...

R’ Pinchas of Koretz said, “Flattery is permissible only to promote peace.”

Anonymous said...

It is very nice to have site like this, where I can find such interesting words

Anonymous said...

The wicked say much and do little (Bava Metzia 87)