Who Is Wicked According To The Torah?
- Team Hashem
- Jan 7
- 1 min read
A viewer asks Rabbi Yaron Reuven, who is considered wicked According to the Torah? Rabbi Reuven brings an eye opening lesson from Pirkei Avot 4:16 about accidental sins and the prayers that Rabbi Nechuniya ben HaKanah would say after learning Torah. The Sages in Brachot 28b say that idlers go to Gehinnom, because they ran after everything in this world, except Torah.
I find this message quite relatable, as many people (including myself) easily fall into a state of constant busyness but inner emptiness. When I hear the Sages say that idlers go to Gehinnom not because they are lazy, but because they chase after everything except the Torah, I understand it as a wake-up call about living without a clear value system.