{"id":822,"date":"2025-11-05T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanspeechprd.wpenginepowered.com\/colorado\/?post_type=daily-lesson&#038;p=822"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:35:48","slug":"day-5-your-people","status":"publish","type":"daily-lesson","link":"https:\/\/cleanspeech.com\/colorado\/daily-lesson\/day-5-your-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 5:  Your People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s a helpful mental exercise to develop your shalom personality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine that you\u2019re appointed to be the chief rabbi of the whole community. You protest at the undeserved honor and try politely to decline but to no avail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You<\/em> have been chosen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now think about your people as if they are your congregants and that you\u2019re responsible for their spiritual well being.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t think about standing at the pulpit at the onset of Kol Nidrei on Yom Kippur night, or under the wedding canopy at the height of a wedding celebration. This exercise is to put yourself in the other half of the chief rabbi\u2019s job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine a constant stream of congregants lined up one after another to pour out their hearts, pleading for your help with the challenges, aggravations, and serious issues that they face that deprive them of the shalom and success that they long for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This one has a sick relative and is struggling with the crushing weight of medical bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That one is locked in bitter conflict with his spouse and it\u2019s tearing the family apart.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all have challenges of some kind or other. Even people who appear to be managing life perfectly are often harboring an aching sense of loneliness, depression, or anxiety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And as the chief rabbi, what can you do?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can\u2019t fix all their problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But you can care for them. You can feel a sense of concern for them and for their well being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think about each of the people in your imaginary congregation \u2014 and quietly to yourself, right now \u2014 wish them the best. They don\u2019t even have to hear you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz would see people he knew across the streets of Kamenetz, he would whisper to himself in Yiddish, \u201c<em>Brachos af dein kop.<\/em>\u201d Blessings on your head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel would walk through the quiet streets of Slobodka on a Friday night, he would wish people a \u201cShabbat Shalom\u201d from outside their homes, when they couldn\u2019t even hear him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You see, the first step in developing a shalom personality is to be like the chief rabbi and relate to your people with care and concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Try this today: Take a moment and \u201cbe the chief rabbi,\u201d wishing goodness and blessing for your \u201ccongregants.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Week 1 of Clean Speech Colorado, we\u2019ll discuss how to develop a shalom personality, how to be a person who cares about shalom, and who speaks and acts in a way that enhances shalom around them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-822","daily-lesson","type-daily-lesson","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-normal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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