Parshas Ki Seitzei: Ben Sorer Umoreh and Olam Haba

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why does the Torah put the ben sorer u'moreh to death before he has done anything that deserves it? Rashi, from Chazal, says better he die innocent and reach Olam Haba than ruin himself and lose his share there. Olam Haba so far outshines this world that dying innocent to reach it is a real kindness. A story printed in Orchos Rabbeinu about the Chazon Ish shows this perspective.

Key points

• Rashi says the Torah knows this boy would end up murdering to keep his lifestyle.
• In a story of a Rebbe, a mother in Olam Haba begged that her son die before going back.
• The Chazon Ish asked an old study partner, now a Russian minister, whether to daven for his death.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Rashi on the ben sorer u'moreh
2. 2:47A rasha's Shabbos with a Rebbe
3. 5:16Mashal of a trip to the mall
4. 6:02Questions on teshuva and Yishmael
5. 7:40The Chazon Ish and his old study partner
6. 11:48Living toward Olam Haba

Topics

• Ben Sorer U'Moreh
• Olam Haba
• Chazon Ish