“Thank you for all the Double Take articles. Each one is a true lesson in the mitzvah of dan l’chaf zechus”
Thanks so much for the wonderful article by Rav Aryeh Kerzner shlita. The point about balancing empathy for Klal Yisrael with the need to stay positive deeply resonated with me personally.
After October 7, I was so consumed with the dreadful news and the constant bleak updates in the news that I literally went to work every day — and just stared at a blank screen. I felt that the anti-Jewish attitude and the situation for our children in Eretz Yisrael was becoming so intense that I simply couldn’t energize myself to operate effectively, and I got fired as a result. I then realized that as noble as it is to feel the pain of Klal Yisrael, Hashem doesn’t want us to wallow in our agony, but to lift ourselves up and contribute to a better world.
Since then, I’ve made a commitment to check the news once a day before I go to sleep, and that’s it. My effectiveness in life has dramatically improved since, and opportunities in parnassah have since born fruit.
Shimon Freund
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