How to know when to disconnect from people who are detrimental for you

We have an obligation to give respect to the older generation, to the elderly and to our parents, and to learn from them how to live a proper life, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto explained in his last talk in Manhattan. Nevertheless, sometimes you have to know when to cut off a relationship.

When the road is good, Rabbi Pinto explained, one should continue on it, but when it has potholes, one should stop traveling on it and not continue out of habit. A person who grew up in a dysfunctional family must make a "stop" and start a new life. A person whose parents did not treat him well has to break away and build a new life for himself.

Rabbi Pinto explained that the influence of the elderly and adults is pivotal in a person’s life, and therefore one has to know how to filter it, when to be guided by it and when not to be guided by it. When to allow it and when to stop it.

Watch his full words.

This article was written in cooperation with Shuva Israel