Hayom Yom 25 Sivan - If there is worry in your heart, minimize it

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman

דְּאָגָה בְלֶב אִישׁ יַשְׁחֶנָּה

It is written: “If there is worry in a man’s heart, he should minimize it (yashchenah).”

וְאָמְרוּ רַזַ"ל שְׁנֵי פֵּרוּשִׁים

Our Sages interpret this in two ways:

יַסִּיחֶנָּה מִדַּעְתּוֹ

(a) he should take his mind off it (yasichenah, spelled with the letter samech),

יְשִׂיחֶנָּה לַאֲחֵרִים

or (b) he should relate it to others (yesichenah, spelled with the letter sin).

וּפֵרֵשׁ הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק

On this the Tzemach Tzedek commented

לַאֲחֵרִים רַק בְּגוּף

that “others” refers to people who are only physically separate from the speaker,

אֲבָל מְאוּחָדִים אִתּוֹ עִמּוֹ

but are united with him in spirit,

שֶׁמַרְגִּישִׁים אֶת עִנְיָנוֹ

sensitive to his concerns.

Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English

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