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Improving People

Question

Are we responsible for improving other people's behavior?

Answer

We should try to improve others, but only if they're willing to accept our advice (Lev. 19:17; Talmud, Arachin 16b). If we aren't able to improve others, we are better off staying away from them, as it says in the first verse of Psalms.