Subject: In Memory of Baruch Yitzchak ben Yirmiyahu (Barry Pessin)
From: Heath Berkin <heath.berkin@gmail.com>
Date: 12/10/2015, 9:22 AM
To: Heath Berkin <heath.berkin@gmail.com>
BCC: menachem@alonsystems.com

The Mishna says: Don't say something that you don't want to be heard (by people) because in the end it will eventually be heard.

Rav Ovadia MiBartenura explains that if a person has some secret that he doesn't want people to know he shouldn't even verbalize this privately between himself nor to close friends and confidants because eventually it will get out.

When a person speaks his words have a profound impact. We know that Hashem Created the world with "mere" words. He said let there be light and there was light. Although our words aren't Divine nevertheless when we verbalize something it creates a reality. Once the words are verbalized these words can easily be transmitted in one way or another and these words will be heard. Especially in our digital age we all have probably experienced this by accidentally sending a private email/sms/whatsup to the wrong person. Therefore we must all be very mindful of the words that come out of our mouths (and  what we write).

I heard from R'Yom Tov Zylberman in the name of his father ZTL, the following statement which I always try to be mindful of. "Not everything you think should you say, and not everything you say should be written".

In the spirit of the miraculous time of Chanukah I wanted to share a  very sad but miraculous story which occurred last night. A husband and wife who are our neighbors that we pray and study with, were involved in a horrible attack by Arab Terrorists. These terrorist drove by their car and sprayed them with over 20 bullets critically wounding the husband in his head and legs, but his wife Thank G-d escape with relatively minor injuries. The reason she was unharmed is because the bullet intended for her struck a small coin (smaller than a Quarter) and split the coin in half but left her unscathed. Her husband Rabbi Shaul Nir underwent emergency surgery last night and is still in very critical condition. May our prayers and learning be a merit for a speedy recovery for him Shaul ben Aviva. 

May we continue to see miracles.

Happy Chanukah and Shabbat Shalom,

Heath  

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