Now the Gemara tells us that ל≈‡ָר¿ׂ ̆ƒי י≈רּחוַּב יםƒ„יƒ ֲ̇ﬠןֹנוָב¿ּלַּכ בֹטו ַיח≈רּנו¿ּ ̇ƒּי∆ׁ ̆ ‡¿ט≈ח םַﬠַטּמוֲﬠָט ‡ֹּל∆ׁ ̆ – The time will come when Jewish young men, yeshiva men, who never tasted of sin, kosher, frum yeshiva men, they will give forth a fragrance like a Lebanon cedar forest (Brachos 43b).
You ever smell a cedar forest from a distance? It’s a pleasure. Ahhhh! You breathe deeply as the wind brings the aroma of the cedar to you.
So when you see a group of yeshiva men across the street going to the yeshiva, you’re thinking: “Ahhh, it smells beautiful.” Now they don’t use any perfume. Bums yes. Bums smell good. They have perfume, after-shave lotion. They douse their underwear with perfume but as they pass by they smell to you like skunks. You have to hold your nose when they pass by. That’s how you have to learn.
ה∆ז¿בƒנ – What is scorned by Hashem,סָ‡¿מƒנ יוָינ≈ﬠ¿ּב – is disgusting to you. You can’t stand it! The stench of sinners is what Hakadosh Baruch Hu wants us to feel.
