Parshah Insight: Devarim

By J. Immanuel Schochet

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J. Immanuel Schochet
Rabbi Immanuel Schochet has written and lectured extensively on the history and philosophy of Chassidism and topical themes of Jewish thought and ethics. He is a renowned authority on Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism. He is rabbi of Cong. Beth Joseph, and professor-emeritus of Philosophy at Humber College, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Posted: Aug 4, 2011

Devarim

I am now a little confused. I read in the Tanakh in Proverbs, just yesterday, in chapter 9:7-8. "To rebuke a wicked man for his blemish, is to call down abuse on oneself. do not rebuke a scoffer for he will hate you."

I live with a person who is very much a scoffer. He is in-correctable and irreproachable. He is an abuser in severe denial to the point of behaving like a psychopath or narcissist.
So, do we continue to work with such a person and live with such a person or is
G-d more pleased for us to let go of, and stop wrestling with such a person.
In this case I have strived for many years over this person but when I read Proverbs 9, I had decided to not correct this person ever again. Correction is to no avail, no matter how kindly I ask. To correct him is to bring psychological and emotional abuse down on my head.So, am I to continue to painstakingly try with this person and continue to be abused or give up? This has gone on for many, many years.30

Posted By lisa huntsman, lubbock, Texas

Posted: Aug 3, 2011

Parshah Devarim

Wonderful summary. Thank you very much for enlightening me.

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Posted: Oct 8, 2008

This guy is good! I like the way he brings the parshat lesson into reality quickly. Helped me write speech for my son's bar mitzvah.

Posted By Anonymous, Great Neck, NY