Now pay attention to what that means. Imagine you're going to a bris or you're going to a bar mitzvah. What are people doing there? They stand around and talk. So before you go, Rabbeinu Yonah says, plan what you're going to say. Imagine you're a trained Communist agent and they sent you from Russia to go to brissim and bar mitzvahs in order to spread propaganda. Only here it’s Hakadosh Baruch Hu who hired you and you're looking for opportunities to spread His propaganda.
So as you're standing and talking before the mohel comes; they're getting ready and everyone is waiting, so you say to your neighbor, “You know I was just in Mirrer Yeshiva yesterday and I was watching the yeshiva boys; they’re so nice, so decent. I really think there’s nothing more holy in the world than a yeshiva bochur. I hope I can make all of my children into bnei Torah. I’ll marry my daughter only to a ben Torah.”
Or say “I was in Williamsburg last week. It's a mechayeh to look. Everyone dressed with tzniyus. How good it is to see Jewish little girls, everywhere, with stockings all the way up. And even when they’re dancing rope and their dress are flying up, you see their stockings. They don't reveal any of their flesh. How beautiful that is!” You have to praise that! We shouldn’t overlook such important details.
Or “I had to go pick up something in Boro Park yesterday. It’s so crowded there with big beautiful families! There’s nothing better! Fathers and mothers, children, baby carriages! So many baby carriages! It's a pleasure to see decent families. And everyone is happy, smiling. There’s nothing like living Jewish. Nowhere in the world except in frum neighborhoods can you see that.”
