Reply To: "Smile, You're On Candid Camera!"

aries2756;

My main point was that although people know this, they tend forget, to blur it up a little.

I therefore mentioned the huge Chilul Hashem (something that is very hard to do Teshuvah from) one can make through the medium of today’s tech, as well as the knowledge of immediate shame and embarrassment not a future one, so that this reality would act as a safeguard against the usual forgetfulness or denials.

Chazal say Rabbeinu Hakadosh as he was about to pass on was asked

by his Students to bless them, His blessing was the following…

(i’m paraphrasing so please forgive me)

May it be the will (of HB”H) that the fear you have for HB”H

should be as the fear, one fears of other people (seeing him sin.)

So they were shocked and said AD Kan? such a small bracha? In other words, you are blessing us that our fear of HB”H should be

such a low level, as the fear man has of other men?

His reply was Halevai; your fear should be on that level.

A person sins in the privacy of his home and does this so other people shouldn’t witness it, (That is what he’s worried about) He doesn’t think so HB”H should not see me. Iow, if his fear of HB”H was parallel to his fear of being seen by others, he wouldn’t sin for HB”H sees all.

so aries2756; I hope this clarifies my point.

Please if someone can paste the exact lashon of the Gemora, my

hebrew text is messed up. Thanks in advance!