Ein Yaakov, Shabbos 149. Why Does Poverty Exist? The Great Blessing of Compassion – Why Animals Fear People – 6 Types of Tears – Healthy Aging – Eating Well After the Age of 40 – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal.
*00:00 – Anyone who asks for justice to be meted out is himself punished by Heaven. Navot and King Achav as an example. If a person suffers harm but forgives those who harmed him, Heaven will treat the one who forgives as he treated others.
07:11 – The word “chassid” when used in the Gemara without any other name refers to either Rabbi Yehudah ben Bava or Rabbi Yehudah bar Ilai. Both were careful to never desecrate Shabbos.
09:55 – Poverty considered the worst suffering and all are eventually stricken with it – either themselves or a descendant.
13:11 – A talmid chakham never becomes poor. The story of Rabbi Chiya illustrates this principle.
*14:37 – It’s a great blessing to be able to feel compassion for one’s fellow Jew. HaShem only pities those who pity others.
15:50 – Shabbos observance.
17:53 – If people conduct themselves as “people”, animals fear them. What is the difference between a person and an animal?
21:00 – The process of aging – tears of sadness weaken vision.
23:32 – There are six types of tears, three are harmful and three are beneficial.
*25:22 – Advice for health: eating well strengthens one’s steps. After the age of forty, liquids are preferable to solids.
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