The Courage to Question
A yeshiva student came to ask me a question regarding a nuance of a mitzvah. As we were talking, he discovered that without realizing, he had been transgressing a serious prohibition. Of course, I explained the matter to him. I taught him how to correct his misdeeds, and told him how to behave correctly in the future.
This matter taught me how crucial it is to ask advice of a Torah teacher. In the merit of approaching me to ask the Torah’s opinion in a specific matter, he merited touching on a completely different topic, which demanded correction.
If he had not had the gumption to ask about the original difficulty, he may not ever have corrected this sin.
