It's Not the Snake Poison That Kills--Amazing Story by Rabbi Yaron Reuven (6 minutes)
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Transcript
1:18Now who is this Rabbi Hanina that he's saying this? Why should we listen to him? It's Rabbi Hanina, like any rabbi today. Okay, he was poor. There are a lot of poor people today. So in the Gemara, Masechet Ta'anit, page 25a, it says a bunch of different stories. And also in Berachot, page 33a, A bunch of stories about Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa. Each story is better than the other. In so many words, you see that the life of Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa was a life full of miracles. Miracles to us, nature to him. Meaning, to us, we look at it, it's miraculous, how is this even happening? To him, it was normal. This is the way it's supposed to be. When his daughter made a mistake, and she switched oil with vinegar, she put vinegar to light the Shabbat candles. Famous story in Masechet Ta'anit, sorry. And she started being upset. He's like, "My dear, why are you so upset?" She goes, "Oh, I made a mistake. I filled up the canister that's supposed to be for the old Shabbat with vinegar, not oil. So we're not gonna have candles for Shabbat as Shabbat's about to come in."
2:47She started being upset. He's like, "My dear, why are you so upset?" She goes, "Oh, I made a mistake. I filled up the canister that's supposed to be for the oil for Shabbat with vinegar, not oil. So we're not going to have candles for Shabbat, and Shabbat is about to come in." Rabbi Chanan says, my dear, why are you so worried? The same God who decided that oil is something to burn for fire on Shabbat, will decide that the vinegar will be like oil to burn for Shabbat. What's different to Him? This one's liquid, that one's liquid. This one is His creation, that one is His creation. To you, it's different; to Him, it's the same thing. His belief was to that extent; she went, she lit, and it worked perfectly. Nothing changed. This one lit fire, this one lit fire, go try to light vinegar, good luck. Go try to light some vinegar. Go tell your wife, tell your wife, "Honey, I brought you a special oil for Shabbat." To throw you out before Shabbat, go back to the store. Am Yisrael had a deadly snake, some say, or some type of reptile in the town. It was killing people.
4:06But they didn't know how to catch it. So they went and told Rabbi Chanina. Rabbi Chanina said, "Tell me, tell me where he is. Where is this reptile?" They said, "Oh, he's over here, in this hole." So Rabbi Chanina, what would you do? In the hole, what would you do? You might put a trap, wait there, get a machete in your hand, a spear in the other hand, ready for the creature to come out so you can kill it. If you're a hunter, maybe you'd stand there and watch, but I'm scared. You're brave. Rabbi Chanina is different. What did Rabbi Chanina do? He put his leg inside the hole, waiting for the snake to bite him. It bit him and died. The snake bit Rabbi Chanina, and the snake died. He takes it out of the hole, dead. He shows it here. This is to show all of you that it's not the snake that kills people. The sin kills people. Meaning, "I didn't sin," he says. So why would the snake kill me? You that died. You didn't die because of the snake. Hashem just used the snake as a tool. He just used the snake as a tool. I didn't sin, so it's not going to kill me. He's going to die.
5:25He's going to die. I'm not going to die. I didn't sin, he says. If anybody died, it's because you're a sinner. The sin kills, not the snake. Did he die? No, he didn't die. The snake died. No, but I mean, he died eventually. Eventually. Eventually. That's only died, Chazal says, only died eventually. That was during one of the difficult times for Am Yisrael. But as far as that specific action, he didn't die. This is in Berachot, page 33a.
