Parshas Shelach


Just lookin' around
By: bardichev

This weeks Parsha teaches us about shemiras einayim.The parsha of tzizis says Vlo Sasuru Achrei Livavchem viacharei Einichem

Why can't you go after your eyes because you are zonim through them

Question, why the double speak just get to the point and say "don't lust with your eyes"?

What is the sasuru all about?

Another question ,How does Tzitzis work?is it a segulah or is it a cause and affect?

I would like to offer an opinion which has a practical lesson

The Torah Tell us
BEWARE!! Don't use your eyes to "just look" or to random search or to just gooooogle

Why not?? BECAUSE asher attem zonim achareihem

That's the REASON

So the instruction is "no random looking"

Ok so how does tzitis work

Tzitzis is a reminder that works on many levels

The tcheles looks like water that looks like heaven that looks like the kisai hakovod

Its the same in a positive way all need to do.  Look at the tzitzis. Why? Why not just grab a peek at you tzitzis its fun. Cool that tchailes looks like water.  Amazing hey the water where does it get color from. Water has no color. Oh its a mirror. Wow. Like shamayim wow cool. Shamayim is a mirror too of what?? Kisai hakavod

Amazing!!

Have a lovely shabbos

Look at your tzitzis

Bards   

Parshas Korach

whatcha lookin at man??

By bardichev

This weeks Parsha tells the story of the personal destruction of Korach.

Korach as we all know was no small street fighter he was a gadol of great proportion.

So for me and my little American head to say "pshat" in Korach is almost silly

But but chaz”l want us to "learn" from Korach ,what can we learn?

Says rashi korach was a pikach a smart man why did he choose this stupidity?

One reason  it was jealousy.

another place rashi says

"EINAV HITAASO" hi eyes fooled him

hello gang!!!  write this down if you are driving pull over

HIS EYE FOOLED HIM!!!!

what are you screaming about bards??

Korach was a wise man

even a wise person can be fooled by what he sees

the issue that we face in the area of lust almost always begins with HISTAKLUS

why why don’t we take a lesson from korach

one little peek

one blikk

one click

is EINAV HITAASO!!!!

we are fooled into thinking that we lust

yes we are duped into thinking that "yennems" is better than mine

and we can use all the mussar and all the sechel and all the psychology in the world

it won't work against "shtuss zeh" this stupidity

why we are fooled!!!

as we say in business

if you were ripped off once nu it was a mistake

a second time you are a idiot

so as i asked in my topic name

what are you looking at??



bards

Gevaldig

as always

Ditto

re:parsh Shalch

good stuff.
i remember when I first came to Israel to learn - had been wearing tzitzes about 6 months did nto even think to much about them .. recently upgraded to the nice thick strings

walking outside the old city walks met a nice young lady.. we are walking , and talking..
she asks where the king david is.. because that is where she was staying..

I try to explain .. but realize its too complicated..
I offer to walk wiht her.. thinking maybe we'll have a cup of coffee.. .and *echem* *echem*..

we are walking - I am enjoying the conversation - and she asks btw - what are these strings I see everyone wearing..?

Oh, theese they are supposed to remind us of the mitzvahs we are supposed to do...
Hmm, she inquires very interesting.. like what... ?

well... like... like.. like...
OKI look up to the Heavens - OK - Hashem , I am busted.. I admit it..

I told ther I had something to do and could not walk her to the hotel .

Why are tzitzes on teh corners - because when we are on the edge - this is exactly when we need to be reminded of what it means to be a JEw.


dov.ii

DII

Coolest story ever

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Parshas Balak

Big Mouth Big Eyes
By:bardichev

This weeks parsha is the lesson of what happens to the ultimate baal taavah

Chazal teach us that Bilaams Power was in his mouth.

Another thing chazal tell us that bilaam had a ayin ra. A bad eye.

What was the significance of these two evil things

Bilaam was the head of the koach hatumah.
What was his power?his mouth

Bilaam had a very powerful mouth. Very powerful. His mouth was an Atom Bomb a waepon of mass destruction. He had the power to rip out all of klall yisroel with his evil mouth

Another power was his evil eye. He had the power to make an ayin hara

Instead of using it in a constructive manner. He was perverted and evil. He thought these where his powers

Came Hashem and showed him. Aha big mouth!! Look a donkey has a koach hadibber power of speech. A powerful eye. Ha!! Look your donkey has gillui he sees a malach!!

What's the lesson?

Simple

We take our G-d given talents. Blessings some are Handsome some are smart. Others are charming. Some are kind.

We think that this is our doing. There fore we DESERVE something.  Instead of being humble and serving Hashem extra. To repay him for the extra kindness. We become perverted. We say we deserve more. We want more. I can never be happy or satisfied.

Which leads us to self destructive behavior

Take a lesson from a donkey!!

BIG EYES. BIG MOUTH

Good Shabbos

Bardichev

Gevaldig!

From one who davens to be Pi Ha'ason

shkoach

chizzuk for rosh hashanah

by:bardichev

Last week we read in Parshas Nitzavim that Hkb"h punishes for hirhurei aveira

we find in the gemara that hirhurei avaira are Harder(there are many differrent explanations)
than an avaira itself

On Rosh Hahsna we sai that Hashem is :Yodea machshavos biyom din!!!

yes this is frightening

but..biut.. it is  a gevaldigggger chuizzuk

hashem knows ALL you good machshavos too
all  the times you had a good intention every dvar tov every hirhur teshuvah

We say "ashrei ish shelo yishkecheka ...ki dorshecha liolam lo yikasheilu!!!!!!!!!!!!


now that a thought


bardichev

Yihyu leratzon imrei fi, but even if they are not sooooo good, V'hegyon libi lefanecha, YOU Hashem know my thoughts and desires too! You know that I really really really want to be good. I really really want to daven well!

EREV SUCCOS 5771

Keeping Score

By bardichev

The Torah calls the first day of Succos "yom Harishon"

Rash"i says rishon lecheshbon avonos

The firsr to the acount of sins

The meforshim explain that in between yom kippur and succos we are preoccupied with mitzvos.  There is no time to sin

Well well well. We all know it doesn't take too long to sin.Also why does it say licheshbon avonos to the acoount of sin? Seemingly if we sin it goes unaccounted

I would like to offer a novel pshat

In honor of all the tzaddikim on this forum

Here goes

Someone has to keep score

So in the days proceeding yom kippur when we truly feel cleansed. Even if we are nichshol in a sin.  Its uchh I just finished yom kippur. So we are keeping score

As the days pass along.  We no longer FEEL the purity we aceived so starts the Cheshbon avonos


Hey bards!

Not fair we want chizzuk

Chizzuk!!here we go

Yidden!! Believe in your teshuvah. Have bitachon that Hashem accepted your Teshuvah


Don't forget your rom kippur pullit into the succah

Greet the ushpizin


We are entering Hashems dwelling

Hashems name is on the succhah

Tzillah dimihemnusah

GEVALDIGGGG!!

Days are coming

Live it up

This IS the time to be excited with your yiddishkite


Trust Hashem

And have some trust in yourself too

Yes we cAn change!!

We are new people

A new and improved version of your old self


Keeeeeep the teshuvah alive

Keeeep the simcha alive


Live

Live

Live!!!!


Ubacharta bachaim!!


Bardichev

Gevaldiggg!

For a somewhat different approach, see www.guardyoureyes.org/forum/index.php?topic=1037.0.

thanks for the great stuff ,

i hope i dont break my addiction to your posts

posting this bi'shlichus for bards:


Why did Yaakov bless yosef about the women of Egypt clamoring to see him?

Is that a source of pride?

Is that what Yosef all about??


Entfert bards

Nayn nayn nayn

Yosef "never" knew that the women were looking at him

Such was his level of shmiras einayim

Yaakov was blessing Yosef "HATZADIK"