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There was one time [music]
a big adult, a big scholar by name of
Naftali Zilberberg.
It's one of the growing
in Warsaw, in Warsaw.
And
one day [music]
another big scholar shows up and uh
says, "What can I do for you?"
Says, "I'm looking to uh sell some
books. You know, I wrote a a little bit
of a sefer
and I'm looking to sell it."
Oh, okay. And then they start
talking.
Talking about different things
for an hour.
After an hour
Rabbi Zilberberg
catches himself, "Oh, no. I have to go I
have to go teach a sheer Torah. I can't
just stay here and have such mundane
conversations.
I don't have the luxury to have such
conversations.
When am I going to learn Torah?"
>> [music]
>> So, the big scholar
says to him
"Well,
although you are right there is a need
to learn Torah.
Our conversation wasn't really mundane
because [music] we didn't say lashon
hara.
We didn't do any
talking bad about people.
Everything we said was emit and
worthwhile.
It's a big Torah you can show Hashem.
And this too will be considered TORAH IN
THE EYES OF HASHEM."
IMMEDIATELY, Rabbi Zilberberg jumped up
for joy. He says, "You're right. THAT'S
THE HALAKHA. YOU'RE RIGHT. WE DIDN'T SAY
LASHON HARA FOR A WHOLE HOUR.
We spoke good things.
>> [music]
>> That's Torah. THAT'S THE FULFILLMENT OF
TORAH. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU selling again?
What book are you selling?
He said, "No, it's like a little book.
It's called the Chofetz Chaim."
I got the Silberberg almost almost
fainted. He goes,
"Kvod haRav Chofetz Chaim?"
"Yeah, yeah, no, but doesn't matter. You
you want the book?"
>> [snorts]
>> He was sorry for the Rav and he told me
the RAV IS IN FRONT of him talking to
you for an hour. There's no pictures,
YouTube, YouTube, all this nonsense back
then. He didn't know what he looked
like.
He was talking to the Chofetz Chaim for
an hour. He didn't know. He was He said,
"I'm so sorry for the Rav. I
disrespected the sefer he was selling.
I'll even give the Rav the the Chofetz
Chaim the
the the the head of lashon hara
teachings in the history. I gave you a
rebuke about what we talked about. I'm
so sorry."
From that day on,
every time the Chofetz Chaim [music]
came into Warsaw, when
the Rav Silberberg would go and speak to
him, not Torah,
conversation.
He says, "Why?" He says, "Conversation
with the Chofetz Chaim, that's the
Torah."
You speak to a chacham, regular
conversation, that's the living Torah.
That's the living Torah. That's the
Torah in action.
What's the conversation people regular
people have? No, how are you? How's the
kids? Where you guys going for vacation?
>> [music]
>> Are you going to buy the second house or
No, no, I'm expanding. So, what about
the kitchen? What about this? Nice
sneakers. What a hat. What about this
car? Yeah, my neighbor has the same one.
Garbage conversation, meaningless. What
do you think about the salary cap of the
NBA, of this, of that? Completely
[music]
meaningless conversation.
The conversations of the chachamim,
rabotai, is divrei chochma. That's the
living Torah.
That's the living Torah.
Chazak ubaruchim.
And say thank you Hashem for more Torah.
Why? Because
>> I said take a picture for
one, two, three.
Take a picture
one, two, three.
