Thursday, February 15, 2024

Only Part of the Story

One of the most stormy parts of the life of Rav Yehuda Fishman Maimon, was his "friendly difference of opinion" with the Brisker Rav, after he wrote a "delightful" opinion piece in הצופה [alav haShalom]. Yet, in his biography, about 650 pages - not a word about it [as far as I saw and the computer checked]. 

Mussar Haskel: Very often, more significant than what is told is what is not told. This has so many ramifications. One is that when you read a news story, it is selective. Some information is revealed - other information not. [And what IS revealed is slanted in one direction or another].

Everything we see in the world is only part of the story. Every person we think we know is only part of the story. 

ישמע חכם ויוסף לקח.