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Q:

Is it OK for someone to criticize somebody else for doing something wrong when the critic himself is weak in other areas?

A:

And the answer is yes.  As long as you are not blameworthy in this one area you have a right to teach other people to practice what you yourself do.

If you don’t do it yourself however, then you’re told to refrain from criticizing or teaching; but if you yourself do it then you could, even though in other areas you are weak.

TAPE # 414 (August 1982)

Rav Avigdor Miller on Throwing Stones in Glass Houses

print

Q:

Is it OK for someone to criticize somebody else for doing something wrong when the critic himself is weak in other areas?

A:

And the answer is yes.  As long as you are not blameworthy in this one area you have a right to teach other people to practice what you yourself do.

If you don’t do it yourself however, then you’re told to refrain from criticizing or teaching; but if you yourself do it then you could, even though in other areas you are weak.

TAPE # 414 (August 1982)

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