Shlomo Wolbe

Now let's think about this.

Rav Wolbe used to say how people in Sefer Musar, I heard it from him a few times, incorrectly, they think it's just telling you be good and frum, be good and frum, be good and frum.

What is he saying? What's he saying? You know what he's saying? There are many ways that a person approaches completion, and there are good ideas out there that are needed.

I'll give you a few of them A person wants to go to therapy to get to completion.

We'll make it sound good in post.

Okay, so whenever you wanna start, this is Schlomo Wolbe, newly minted bar mitzvah boy, my beloved son, named after my grandfather and Chaim's grandfather as well.

Schlomo, hit the road.

Let's see what you got.

They're not permanently lost.

The sign is still up.

I want to share another idea based on the teachings of my great-grandfather, Rav Schlomo Wolbe zatzal.

What is the purpose of mitzvahs? Unfortunately, many tend to assume that mitzvahs are good deeds or Jewish behaviors.

"Ad sheyu ha'midot hatovot tvu'os u'kshuros belibo." Until he's able to restore those middos back into his consciousness and into his, uh, repertoire of traits that are available for him to use and perfect himself.

So what, what Shlomo HaMelech is telling us here is that, number one, a very important thing, and I remember asking my grandfather this.

He's, he...

I asked him, how can...

He was talking about in his schmoozing, um, Rav Shlomo Wolbe, my grandfather was, would say about how important it is for a person to identify their traits.

And I asked him innocently, "How do I identify those traits?" He says, "One of the ways you can identify those traits is actually a secret here that the Or HaTzaddikim is telling us from Shlomo HaMelech in Mishlei, which is if you look at your childhood, look at the way you acted in your childhood.

When did you act when you have dispute? When did you...