Today we have two beautiful stories to share, about Hacham Yehuda Sadka, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Porat Yosef. Hacham Sadka was a mohel . He once went to a hospital to perform a brit milah (in those days the Brit Milah was often done at the hospital) but when he got there he realized there was no siddur there. He then asked his nephew to write down the various berachot of the Brit Milah (Brit of Avraham, giving the child a name, kiddish) and he put it in his pocket. Once the Milah started, the baby’s father offered one of the honors ( to make a beracha) to a local rabbi who had been invited. The rabbi declined, saying they should give the honor to Rav Sadka. Rav Sadka had a hunch that the reason the rabbi declined was because he did not know that beracha by heart, so Rav Sadka slid the piece of paper into the rabbi’s pocket. When the rabbi saw the paper, he agreed to do the beracha. Rabbi Sadka had the foresight to know that not everyone would know those berachot by heart, and rather than have a man embarrassed, he had the berachot written down, and then slipped it to the rabbi. Of course, it wasn’t Rabbi Sadka that told the story, it was the nephew who was involved that told of the story later on. Others might think- I don’t wan to embarrass anybody, but do I have to go out of my way to save him? Somebody else might rather get the kavod for themselves, because they do know it by heart. But rather than allowing even the slightest hint of embarrassment of a fellow Rabbi, he went out of his way to write down the Berachot beforehand. Think about the sensitivity and planning to avoid hurting someone. In the second story, there was a certain event where Rabbi Sadka was publicly embarrassed by someone. One of the Rabbi’s relatives wanted to make a big deal out of it, but when Rabbi Sadka realized that, he went to the relative’s home, where he found his relative preparation a whole paper in protest of what had happened. Rabbi Sadka told his relative to be mochel / forgive and forget about it. He brought a beautiful proof to prove it- The Gemara says that there’s a great virtue, of getting insulted and not insulting back. As it says, They hear their disgrace and don’t answer. He asks why it says in plural, “ those that get disgraced..” Normally, when a person is disgraced, it’s one man that gets it.. But here it’s plural, because it’s hinting to the concept that not only does the person who gets embarrassed have to be mochel, but the people around him, who sometimes want to stand up for his honor, should also be mochel. In this way, there will be peace among the Jewish people. We can never cease to gain from hearing great stories about our rabbis. Have a wonderful day.