Ask Around Your Shabbos Table

Ask Around Your Shabbos Table

Ask around your Shabbos table: What do you think is the main thing that prevents the Beis Hamikdash from being rebuilt!?

Answer: In his book, Kuntres Ahavas Yisroel, the Chofetz Chaim tells us:

ואין אנו מתבוננים על עיקר העיכוב של בנין בית המקדש [היינו שנאת חינם]

...Yet we are not thinking in depth about the main cause that prevents the rebuilding of the Beis Hamikdash [i.e., the שנאת חינם (baseless hatred)]

One way to stop hating a person, teaches the Chofetz Chaim, is to realize that the person is beloved to Hashem, as many verses testify about the love that Hashem has for Bnei Yisroel. Therefore, a person should tell himself, “How can I hate someone who is a beloved of Hashem?!”