One Of The 48 ways of acquiring Torah is Carrying the burden with your friend etc(נושא בעול עם חברו)
If someone is carrying a heavy burden,maybe buckling a little under the weight, a person with basic decency is not going to lecture the person as to the ills of carrying such a burden etc.First and foremost you help them carry it and when it feels a little lighter for them their head maybe clears up a little and then they can consider the value of lightening their load even further.
An interesting look at the hebrew shows that it says carry THE burden it does not say carry your friend's burden.In other words in the grand scheme of things your friends burden is your burden as we are all at some level connected and when we realize this common Oneness between us all ,that everyone is someone..some of the all encompassing One that is G-d we are well on the way to truly acquiring Torah
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