Saturday, 27 December 2014

Mussar: Replace Blame With Compassion

Rabbi Zelig Pliskin wrote:

A basic Torah principle is that when correcting someone, we need to do so with a sense of love and compassion. When you speak in a blaming manner, the message you give is not a loving one.

If there is a specific person you tend to speak to in a blaming manner, be resolved to speak more pleasantly.

(For a series of probing questions on this topic, see Rabbi Pliskin's "Gateway to Self Knowledge," pp.135-7)

Kol Tuv,
RRW

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