A Mitzvah to be Jealous | Pele Yoetz | Hachzek Day 47
How are you? We are back. Pela Yoit's day 47. Short topic today, important topic: coveting, coveting, jealousy, chemda. Desiring that which does not belong to you. Yodua, here's the I'll just give you the kicker. You shouldn't desire that which doesn't belong to you. It's the tenth of the Ten Commandments for a reason. Yodua Raashemda Kirabah. It's known the great evil of coveting. It's well known. Because when the Fashion Shi has seas me associated with Higedomi Kulam, it's the tenth of the Ten Commandments, and as such, it holds a special place. It's in a certain realm, considered the most important. Because through coveting, through being jealous of other people's things, a person can um one thing can lead to the next, and he could come to transgressing the entire Torah, Khaswishal. Somebody who desires to take that which belongs to his friend, Bachinam, without any pay, or baratzi kasif, or some ridiculously cheap price. Over Allah Sahmer, he's over on this. He's over on Allah. At the end of the day, you're a human being and you might have these desires, but a person should try to be strong and channel your thoughts and think that these that are physical matters that are heavel havolim. Shainbahem Amash, these are objects that have no real substance. Also shouldn't um take something for free. If somebody gives you a present, but he's not doing it with genuine, with genuine it, with he's not doing it with genuineness. Then also it's considered a little bit like stealing. Somebody who pays someone a ridiculously cheap price. He's trying to get things for free, right? Or or he force coerces someone to give them a gift. These things are the opposite of chim. They're the opposite of omul yulad, we were born here to work. We're meant to apply effort and work hard, and that's how we're gonna feel good and accomplishing. Okay. You know the guy doesn't have any interest in selling his watch, so don't go and try to just petture him. Let's say a person desires something of somebody's. This is how he should do it. If Hashem wants me to have it, he'll give it to me. Vigam Zev or Rusurach, but in truth, even an attitude like this person should realize that desiring this physical thing is shouldn't I shouldn't need. Ragyachmut ish lasekach musgun. A person should have greater ulterior methods of of of meaning a person should have higher goals, higher aspirations. That's what the Palio just is saying. That person should want and desire to acquire more wisdom and more understanding and better myself as a person, and be just damaskadisha, and to come and to relate and to try to be like the great giants. If a person is trying to get to these higher levels of spirituality in the process, he's jealous of others, and that will enable him to get closer to these spiritual goals, then in that case, the the jealousy actually might be a good thing. Um look right, going da mitzula, then it's a mitzvah to have kinah. This is uh the kinet the kinesiph. I think that would be uh he doesn't say that, but I believe that's what he's talking about. Umlach moda you'll come to love. This is how a person has to respond to his evil inclination when it tempts him and tries to guide him on the evil path, a person should not switch or exchange bad for good, because by doing so, Baza Inotzel me katov is going to be saved from this demon, but love tava birkas taive, and he will be blessed with goodness upon him. And if it's uh enabling us to come closer to Hashem and being jealous of what somebody else has in terms of the levels of wisdom and character development, and by us being jealous of that person is gonna enable us to work closer to get to that point, and it's done in a healthy, productive way, then it's okay to be jealous. If it's not that, remember it's the tenth commandment, it's very, very stringent, and uh we should try very much to steer away from being jealous of that which belongs to somebody else and is not ours. Wishing you an amazing, wonderful rest of your day. And uh see you tomorrow as a session.
