{"id":69532,"date":"2020-02-04T05:34:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T03:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=69532"},"modified":"2023-08-30T09:19:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T06:19:04","slug":"are-you-really-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/are-you-really-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Really Fine?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[501,625,506,463],"acf":{"old_id":"69532","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":37561,"related_cahpter":"408","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"How to combat falsehood in our lives","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow are you?\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFine thanks, and you?\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGood.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many times have you had this exchange with someone? It\u2019s become automatic for us- we exchange pleasantries before beginning our \u201creal\u201d conversation. The default now is to say we\u2019re fine, without regard for how we actually feel. And often, we say we\u2019re fine when we want to cover up something negative. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this chapter, we learn that God disapproves of this covering up. In verse 11, among a list of the wrongdoings of the Israelites, is the claim that the priests and prophets, or perhaps the people as a whole, say that everything is fine when in fact nothing is fine. The Midrash Lekach Tov teaches that this person, who is willing to brush off the truth in favor of an uncomplicated answer, who claims that everything is fine when it is not, is a form of <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">navi sheker<\/span><\/em><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">false prophet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all do it. We don\u2019t feel comfortable sharing our struggles or sometimes even our triumphs. We don\u2019t want to take someone\u2019s time explaining our lives, and we don\u2019t believe the other person really wants to hear what we have to say. So instead of greeting each other with a genuine desire to connect, we default to saying \u201cfine, fine\u201d. Of course, there are times when this is an appropriate answer, or when we need to protect ourselves from feeling too vulnerable. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But maybe, sometimes, we can let the warning of this verse guide us in our interactions. When we greet someone, can we show that we genuinely care about their wellbeing? 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