The Flagship Man
ליקוטי שמואל | April 11, 2025
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The Flagship Man

ליקוטי שמואל | June 27, 2025

An incident from daily life, recounted by Rabbi Shalom Schwadron zt"l, which very expresses the need of each of us, never to lose even in feelings of exaltation and holiness, the thought of the existence of the other, of consideration for the existence of the other, that only in this way can individuals live as a constructive and empowering society.

One day in one of the synagogues in Jerusalem, a man arrived, stood in his place, surrounded by a few calm people like him who had just woken up from their sleep, but he decided that day that he was an "angel" and therefore the preparations and prayers were accordingly... And so, after he was ready, he took the tallit, closed his eyes, lifted the tallit above his head, and with a sharp and strong twist he turned the tallit around his face as was customary, and only because of the magnitude of his intentions, he tried to do this wrapping with all his might, and so while he was standing wrapped in his tallit, the two calm people who were standing next to him set out on their way home with swollen eyes that could not be opened due to the merciless whipping that the tzitzit of that "tzaddik" merited. And so, after the "tzaddik" calmed down from the mitzvah of wrapping the tallit, He went on to recite Pesukei De-Zimra, and so with all the enthusiasm with voices and lightning, he recited Pesukei De-Zimra so that no one in the synagogue could aim at anything anymore, and so he reached "Az Yashir" and there, as is well known, it is written that he should be recited with great joy as if he had crossed the sea, and he did so just as if he were leaving Egypt, only he did not notice that the congregation had already forced them to cross the sea with him! And when he began to say "Nishmat" As is well known in the books, there is an interest in reciting it with a majority of the people, and so when the cantor has already lowered his voice in the "redeemer of Israel," that "tzaddik" decides to merit them the enormous and rare mitzvah of reciting "Nishmat" with the majority of the people. Thus Rabbi Shulam continues to describe the actions of that tzaddik, that he finally arrived at the Hash prayer, and Laz looked for a corner where he could elegantly recite "Kol Atzmotei Tamarna," and the only place he found was in a passage close to the entrance to a synagogue, where it was not crowded and there were no stands that interfered with his "Kol Atzmotei Tamarna" prayer, and so he intensified his prayer without realizing that the congregation had already finished the prayer and that it was impossible for him to pass. Until 'wrath' passes!

Rabbi Shulam says, "We must always remember that even when a person reaches a high level, he must remember that it must not be at the expense of the other, it is forbidden to do injustice to the other! Everyone has his own flag, his identity and existence! A person must always feel the other even when he is engaged in mitzvot, and in every situation it is obligatory to feel and respect the other! The simple assumption that there is the existence of others next to me, It is the guarantee of proper and proper human life."

An incident from daily life, recounted by Rabbi Shalom Schwadron zt"l, which very expresses the need of each of us, never to lose even in feelings of exaltation and holiness, the thought of the existence of the other, of consideration for the existence of the other, that only in this way can individuals live as a constructive and empowering society.

One day in one of the synagogues in Jerusalem, a man arrived, stood in his place, surrounded by a few calm people like him who had just woken up from their sleep, but he decided that day that he was an "angel" and therefore the preparations and prayers were accordingly... And so, after he was ready, he took the tallit, closed his eyes, lifted the tallit above his head, and with a sharp and strong twist he turned the tallit around his face as was customary, and only because of the magnitude of his intentions, he tried to do this wrapping with all his might, and so while he was standing wrapped in his tallit, the two calm people who were standing next to him set out on their way home with swollen eyes that could not be opened due to the merciless whipping that the tzitzit of that "tzaddik" merited. And so, after the "tzaddik" calmed down from the mitzvah of wrapping the tallit, He went on to recite Pesukei De-Zimra, and so with all the enthusiasm with voices and lightning, he recited Pesukei De-Zimra so that no one in the synagogue could aim at anything anymore, and so he reached "Az Yashir" and there, as is well known, it is written that he should be recited with great joy as if he had crossed the sea, and he did so just as if he were leaving Egypt, only he did not notice that the congregation had already forced them to cross the sea with him! And when he began to say "Nishmat" As is well known in the books, there is an interest in reciting it with a majority of the people, and so when the cantor has already lowered his voice in the "redeemer of Israel," that "tzaddik" decides to merit them the enormous and rare mitzvah of reciting "Nishmat" with the majority of the people. Thus Rabbi Shulam continues to describe the actions of that tzaddik, that he finally arrived at the Hash prayer, and Laz looked for a corner where he could elegantly recite "Kol Atzmotei Tamarna," and the only place he found was in a passage close to the entrance to a synagogue, where it was not crowded and there were no stands that interfered with his "Kol Atzmotei Tamarna" prayer, and so he intensified his prayer without realizing that the congregation had already finished the prayer and that it was impossible for him to pass. Until 'wrath' passes!

Rabbi Shulam says, "We must always remember that even when a person reaches a high level, he must remember that it must not be at the expense of the other, it is forbidden to do injustice to the other! Everyone has his own flag, his identity and existence! A person must always feel the other even when he is engaged in mitzvot, and in every situation it is obligatory to feel and respect the other! The simple assumption that there is the existence of others next to me, It is the guarantee of proper and proper human life."

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