If You Want Something to Get Done Speak to an Individual, Not a Comittee

I'm rich. >> Okay, good morning everyone. Parshas Chayei Sarah. In the end, Avram asked the Benei Cheis to speak to Ephron that he should give him the Ma'aras Hamachpelah in his field. Question. When the Benei Cheis answered to Avraham, "Nobody's going to stop you from burying your dead there." Why did he need to ask Ephron? He could have brought Sarah, buried her wherever he wanted. The Benei Cheis already gave Avram full license. Answer says the Chofetz Chaim, Avram Avinu knew that if he's going to make bury Sarah in one of the fields, then the Baal Hasadeh is going to say, "Why my field? Go to Shimon, go to Levi, go to Paul, go to Frank." Because when people say, "Yeah, for sure. Nobody's going to stop you. Bury wherever you want." It's meaningless. It's meaningless. It's like, you know, somebody gives you advice. You know, you think we should start the share? Yeah, yeah, start the share. Everyone's going to come. Meaning, nobody's going to come. Whenever people say, "Everyone. No one's going to stop you." You know, you think we could raise money for this? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Everyone's going to give. Not one person's going to give one penny. What I meant everyone is everyone besides me, and he meant everyone besides him. Everyone means everyone who who's able to, but I'm not able to. So Avram Avinu knew when the Benei Cheis said, "No one's going to stop you." That meant everyone was thinking everyone else will help you out. So Avram Avinu says, "No, no, no. I need names. I need a name of a guy who's going to give me." Avram says, "Give me the name, address, and phone number of the guy who's going to help me bury Sarah." That's who I'm going to speak to. Adam says, "You want to help me? They have one question. I need to meet Ephraim. I need to come and speak to him with one person and not with everyone." Everybody knows in a place where there's a whole board, nothing gets done. Why? Cuz everyone's going to do it. But where there's one guy, he's going to do it. Adam Ravina says, "Don't give me a group. I don't want to speak to a body of people. A body of people is meaningless." Shiloh come out the Shiloh come out the Shiloh. All right, I'll use this as an opportunity. If anybody wants We're coming out this week with a new safer Igros HaTzaddik. If anybody wants to be a member Uh I'm sure everybody will help. Okay, have a good day everyone. Kol tuv. Hatzlacha rabba. >> Recording stopped.