Rashi explains והנגלת לנו ולבנינו , the revealed ones are for us & our children, to eradicate the evil from our midst. If we don't, everyone suffers.
The Chafetz Chaim says that this teaches us that when the Jewish people accepted the Torah, they didn't only accept it upon themselves, rather they accepted that they would do whatever they could to strengthen Torah observance in Klal Yisroel. Essentially, they became guarantors for one another. Anyone in Klal Yisroel can be מוציא his friend in a Mitzva obligation even if one has already fulfilled that Mitzva. If your friend is lacking a Mitzva, then you too are lacking that Mitzva so you can exempt him. The opposite is true too. If you can stop your friend from sinning; if you don't, you get punished too.
However, this regards only the sins we know about, that we can stop. The ones we don't know about are the ones that are 'הנסתרת לה , they are hidden & are for Hashem to deal with.
The Chasam Sofer interprets the verse a little differently. He says that the posuk is telling us how to live our lives so that we & our children will be able to carry out the words of the Torah. In order to do so, there has to be a proper balance between the holy & the mundane. Although our inner being & focus should be totally on the spiritual, we cannot remove ourselves from the mundane & the necessity to provide for our families. That's why the Torah is saying 'הנסתרת לה the hidden inner dimension of our lives has to be for Hashem, but the revealed mundane activities לנו ולבנינו have to be for us & our children.
Additionally, he says that the posuk also alludes to how one could show his children & others around him the proper way to behave. There are righteous people that remain solitary & do all their good in private so that no one should know their greatness. However, they are lacking the ripple effect of people learning from them. The righteous person who does good publicly encourages empathy from other people. 'הנסתרת לה one who is good in private, his good is for Hashem, while the one who does good publicly לנו ולבנינו עד עולם will ensure that his children follow in his ways & that will be everlasting through the generations.
Once, in the Chafetz Chaim’s town, there were some politics with the Chevra Kadisha. Some people went & established a new Chevra Kadisha. Before the inevitable feuds would break out, the Chafetz Chaim, old & feeble, walked up to the podium & said "my dear brothers, had you offered me a thousand rubles to come speak to you, I wouldn't have accepted. However, I feel the need to talk to you. I have been living here for over fifty years. I remember all the people that used to come here. Where are they today? They are remembered only by a headstone in the graveyard. One day, that's where we'll all be & have to give an accounting for our deeds
Remember gentlemen, that machlokes is among the worst of sins. When it's your turn to come to judgment, the fear & awe will cause you to grab onto any thread of hope & say, there was a man in our town named Yisroel Meir who was known to be a Torah scholar; he saw what was going on & didn't say anything. Therefore I'm begging you, don't mention my name. I have my own problems; I don't need yours.
Then, he broke down in tears... They disbanded the new chevra, while the old one did their work as a chesed for the next three years free of charge. Sometimes, speaking up can effect change.
The Torah teaches us that we are all connected; when people do wrong, we must attempt to correct them; conversely, when we act correctly, people will see it and hopefully follow suit!
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