Parshas Pinchas:


V'ra'isa ossah v'ne'esafta el amecha. _(27:13)



.... and you will see her & you will reach out to connect to your (GYE) Buddies!!!

Parshas Matos:


Hachayisem kol nekeiva?!?!


dov wrote on 13 Jul 2011 05:25:



We can translate this the way Rashi writes by the Midwives in Mitzraim: Vatchayena ess hayaldim. Not only did they not kill them, they actually GAVE THEM LIFE!!!


WE give life to these women. We give them power! We idolize them! We look at them, stare at them, & fantasize about them.



If only we cut them down to size, recognize them for what they are.........

Parshas Massei:


Latov b'eineihem tiyena l'nashim _(36:6)


Vayar Elokim ki tov = zeh Yetzer Horah, The Yetzer horah is GOOD?

YES!

It has a purpose!  (Otherwise, would Hashem create it?)

It makes US be good!

It is meant to entice us - we should grow by not falling for his tricks!



Same with provocative women.

Who created them? Hashem!

Why?

So that our eyes can grow - through them!

How?

By NOT looking!

Latov b'eineihem - for the growth & betterment of OUR eyes
tiyena l'nashim - that is why Hashem created women!

Parshas Devarim:


Vayitav b'einai hadavar va'ekach mikem. _(1:23)



When we are gazing lustfully at someone, we are 'taking' from them!

Bain Hamtzarim:


Mimkomcha Malkeinu sofia v'simloch aleinu ki mechakim anachnu lach, masai timloch b'Tzion. _{(Kedusha of Shabbos Shacharis)}


We must first recognize that Hashem is OUR Higher Power, we must develop a longing towards Him, only then can we hope for the Geula Sh'leima!

Parshas Va'eschanan:



Eineichem haro'os eis asher assa Hashem.


That your eyes can see, is cuz Hashem made them see!

Are we gonna use this gift AGAINST Hashem???

Parshas Eikev:





Ki eineichem haro'os eis kal maasei Hashem hagodol asher assa. Ushmartem ess kal hamitzvah asher Anochi m'tzav'cha hayom. _(11:7,8)


Seeing Hashem's great, awesome, & wondrous doings can bring us to guard his mitzvos!!!!

Parshas Re'ei:



Re'ei Anochi nosein lifneichem hayom bracha u'klala.


Yosef Hatzadik wrote on 03 Aug 2010 15:27:


In the SAME DAY we can have both, bracha AND kalah!!


We shouldn't say, "Since I have to restart my count anyhow, I may as well look today again...."

Even though 1/2 of the day was destructive, the other part can still be BRACHAH!!!!!

Chodesh Elul:



Elul is merumaz in the Roshei teivos of the words Inna L'yado V'samti Lecha.


Inna l'yado = Coincidence. By chance. Happenstance.

V'samti lecha = Providence. By design. Preordained.



From Inna l'yado we should change our mindset to V'samti lecha.


We must learn to recognize that EVERYTHING is Hashem's doing!

Parshas Shoftim:


Shoftim v'shotrim titein lecha.


We must set judges for ourselves. One person cannot effectively judge another. We must learn to be 100% COMPLETELY honest with ourselves. then we can be our own best judges!

Parshas Shoftim:


Shoftim v'shotrim titein lecha.


It is not enough to make a cheshbon hanefesh. We must also set for ourselves Shotrim to enforce the rules.


We must set for ourselves boundaries & knasos when we overstep our boundaries!

Parshas Shoftim:


[quote="I said this on yesterday's GYE Shemiras Einayim & Chinuch Call]
[i]Shoftim v'shotrim titein lecha b'chol shearecha.[/i]

It is not enough for us to set for ourselves [i]Shoftim[/i] & [i]Shotrim [/i]when we are already outside. By then it is too late!

Reb Chaim Volozhiner (in Sefer Ruach Chaim) has a Tefilla to be davened PRIOR to stepping out the door. [It begins: [i]Hineni holeich b'geo tzalmaves u'makom mesukan....[/i]]


[i]Shoftim v'shotrim titein lecha[b] b'chol shearecha[/b].[/i] = at your doors!

When we are still at the door, BEFORE we step out, into the street. That is when we ought to set for ourselves Shoftim & Shotrim!!!
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Tefilah:


Atta chonein.... v'chaneinu mei'itcha deiah binah v'haskeil/chochma binah v'daas. _{(Ashkenaz/Sfard)}


[quote="The 12 Steps]11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious
contact with God praying only for knowledge of His will for us....[/quote]

We pray that we should recognize that all REAL wisdom lies with Hashem! He is the One who gives us of His wisdom!

[i]V'chaneinu[/i], that [i][u]mei'itcha[/u][/i] comes all wisdom!!!

V'zos Habracha:

Yehuda`s bones were thrown around in his aron due to the curse which he made for himself. Moshe said that Yehuda influenced Reuvein to TESHUVAH & Yehuda`s troubles were over. _{(Makos 11b)}

Tip for Elul:
Influence others to be better Yidden!!!

Parshas Ki Seistei:

V'raisa bashivya eishes yefas to'ar v'chashakta bah v'lakachta lecha... _(21:11)


V'raisa bashivya eishes yefas to'ar = Ayin Ro'eh

v'chashakta bah = Halev chomeid

v'lakachta lecha... = klei maase gomrim


We didn't guard our eyes so we were nichshal in worse....