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So, the power of our words,
we see this with Pinhas that he was
criticized and at the end of the day, he
didn't get affected because he knew
what's right and good in the eyes of
God. I saw that with my own two eyes
where Baruch Hashem thank God we're able
to inspire individuals to follow the
ways of the Torah, mitzvot, ma'asim
tovim, doing good things.
And one time I had an individual that
became religious and we were so happy
Baruch Hashem.
But after a few months we see he's back
to his old ways.
And I came over to the individual and I
said, "Habibi, my friend, what
happened?"
>> [music]
>> He said, "I got to be honest with you,
there's way too much peer pressure." I'm
like, "What do you mean?"
He is like, "You don't understand. My
family members, my friends, my
neighbors, different people, they're
constantly saying, 'Ah, look at you,
you're becoming fanatic. Look at you,
you got brainwashed. Look at you, you
lost your mind.'" And because of all
that negativity,
he was unfortunately went downwards
instead of going upwards in his
spiritual [music]
levels and in his goodness in life.
On the other hand, just this week on
Wednesday, [music]
I saw an individual that I was learning
with and [snorts] it was a class and he
comes over to me and he says, "Mazel
tov." I'm like, "Congratulations for
what? Mazel tov for what?"
And he says, "This Shabbat is going to
be 3 years." I'm like, "What do you
mean?" He is like, "You probably don't
remember this, but 3 years ago you gave
a shiur, you gave a class and after the
class you went around the room you asked
everybody to take up on themselves one
mitzvah.
And when you pointed at me, the word
Shabbat came out of my mouth," he tells
me.
I'm like, "Okay." He is like, "I'm a man
of my word."
>> [music]
>> He is like, "I said I'm keeping Shabbat
and this Shabbat is going to be 3 years
I'm keeping Shabbat fully and I want you
to know that was the best thing I've
done in my life. It is a source of all
our blessings.
Shabbat is the best day of the week."
And this is coming to teach us the
opposite. Where at first the story that
I told you was an individual that I got
affected with his words negatively, now
I'm telling you a story about an
individual with one word that came out
of his mouth, the word Shabbat, and his
rest of his life got changed for the
better and for the good. And this is the
power of the words.
Every single word that comes out of our
mouth we could build worlds. That's why
words and worlds are very similar or God
[music] forbid it could destroy. Like
King Solomon says,
life and death is in the hand of the
tongue.
You want a good life? Keep your mouth
good.
Show me people
who only keep their mouth clean and good
will be able to save themselves from all
the trials, tribulations, difficulties
and hardships. [music] So let's all of
us take this message to heart. Let's
only speak positive, no negativity, no
no evil speak, no cursing, no bad, only
positivity and goodness.
Amen and amen.
