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[#884] Shoftim: Make for yourself a Mentor

Parshah - Shoftim
08/24/2017118

The entire Parshas Shoftim is talking about appointing judges and appointing a king, and the Torah warns us to make sure that he doesn't take bribery. The Chassidic masters taught: The greatest bribery a person faces is self-bribery, because you rationalize your way through problems. And it's extremely difficult for a person to be truthful and honest and really know where he has to go. You have to have a higher power above you, where you can be Mevatel yourself, to guide you to take you where you need to go. But the question always is "How do you find them?" The holy Maggid was once approached by a few people from Lithuania, and they said "Rebbe, we really want to connect to you but you're too far. Give us somebody local." And he gave them his "shupitza" – some type of a bekisheh, and he said "Go to Vitebsk and give it to Reb Mendel." They went until they found Reb Mendel, and that was Reb Mendele Vitebsker. He was part of a chabura – a group of people how used to learn and study Torah. When they told him that the Maggid called for him, he suddenly got up, and they told him "You are going to be the Rebbe" and he refused. But then they gave him that "shupitza" and suddenly when he put it on he transformed and turned into a Rebbe, and a tremendous awe befell upon all his previous friends, and now they had a mentor – someone above them. The secret is: Every person has to realize that he can be your friend, he can be somebody you trust and you know is out there to help you. But you have to accept upon yourself that he's your guide – he's your mentor. עשה לך רב - and then he will be able to take you to places - through your Bittul – where you'll never be able to get to on your own… Today. Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Listen and get inspired. Subscribe, Like, Share, write us a comment, and stay tuned for more! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mytorahtoday/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mytorahtoday Telegram: https://t.me/mytorahtoday Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mytorahtoday/ Google+: https://goo.gl/dfZ1c0

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