kapusta, “Never look down on anybody, unless you’re helping him up.” I saw this quote recently and decided that I completelly disagree with it. Just because I might be in a position to help someone does not mean I’m better. I once hear that sometimes Hashem makes people needy because there’s someone else, who He made more able because he needs to give. For example, Hashem will make one person poor because there’s another man who needs the zchus of giving tzedaka. If the rich man doesn’t give the tzedaka, he will be responsible for causing a Jew to suffer unnecessarily. So being in a position of giving/helping does not at all mean that we’re better.
AOB, isn’t it sad that it takes death for us to be able to find nice things to say about a person?
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