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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
YOSEF HATZDIK
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In the Dungeon
In prison, Yosef's problems were far from over. This
frenzied woman still would not leave him alone. She visited the prison
regularly to weaken his resolve and to tempt him to succumb.
She warned him in explicit terms of the consequences
of his obstinacy. "So you think this is the last of your woes?" she
menaced. "If you don't accede, I will have you bound in iron chains,
bent over and unable to stand upright. I will have you blinded," she
went on and on. Yosef was as firm, unmoved, and unimpressed as ever, still
joyously serving his Maker with love and awe.
Going all out to cajole him to look at her even just
that once, even for a split second, she found herself powerless against the
iron resolve in the wellsprings of his noble soul and never did he mar the
perfection of his purity. Now, is it a wonder that we speak of him as Yosef
Hatzaddik?
Turnabout
Suddenly, there was an astounding turnabout in
Yosef's fortune. After twelve long years, his eyes and soul still absolutely
clean and untarnished, Yosef was hurried from his incarceration. By order of
the king he was hastily groomed, suitably attired, and rushed to the palace
to stand before Pharaoh, mighty King of Egypt.
At dizzying speed, he was raised from wretched
prisoner to the rank of second-in-command of the whole Egyptian Kingdom. The
king's signet ring was placed on his finger; he was arrayed in linen robes
and driven through the capital's streets.
Can you picture the scene in ancient Egypt awaiting
the gala procession and entourage? Crowds of jubilant citizens fill the
streets. The rejoicing is palpable as the throngs begin their chanting. The Midrash
Rabbah (98:18) describes how the daughters of the noblemen peeped out
of their windows and threw their fine jewellery, piece by piece, into his
royal chariot in the hope that this mesmerizingly handsome new viceroy might
chance to look at them.
Throughout all this exotic pomp and pageantry,
Yosef's eyes remained lowered. His self-discipline is timeless. Targum
Yerushalmi tells us how the daughters of the aristocrats exclaimed to one
another in sheer amazement, "Oh, see this pious Yosef who does not
follow his eyes or the temptations of his heart."
Yosef's holy eyes themselves told it all - 100%
innocence, pristine perfection like the clearest, most sparkling diamonds. Chazal
tell us Yaakov's unstinting praise: "My son," he said proudly,
"you did not glance at a single one of those women."
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Friday, December 6, 2013
GIVE ME YOUR HEART AND EYES
THE SPECIAL QUALITIES
Part 1
Then I Will Know
you are Mine
A frequent guest in the home of the Shunamis was none other than Elisha
Hanavi. She told her husband that this man was holy. How did she deduce that
fact about Elisha Hanavi? Simply because he had never looked at her.
Chazal say (Midrash Vayikra
24:6) that in matters of arayos, restraint equals holiness. Just taking
care to refrain from looking at the forbidden and from thinking lustful
thoughts already earns one the title "kadosh." Rejection of
impurity generates holiness. An unfathomable light of holiness envelops the man
who conquers his lust - especially when it burns and races inside him.
It is not because Rebbi compiled the Mishnah that we refer to him as Rabbeinu
Hakadosh. It's because he never in his life looked at the private parts of
his body and, therefore, his soul was kadosh. In addition, he would
never unnecessarily lower his hands below his waist; his body, too, was kadosh
(Shabbos 118b).
What better way to bolster our resolve than to repeat the wonderful
words that Hashem Himself has to say to us, "If you will give Me your
heart and your eyes, then I will know that you are Mine," (Yalkut
Shimoni, Mishlei ch. 27). Neither look at nor contemplate what is
sinful, and automatically you qualify to be lifted beyond the grasp and the
smallness of this temporal existence and to have Hashem Himself fill every
corner of your life.
Friday, November 29, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
HOLD ON TO YOUR DADY"S HAND
Another
time "With Emunah" wrote:
I just heard an amazing
mushel from Reb Shimshon Pinchus tz'l which I have to share!!!
...when a little boy comes to a
very busy street and the cars won't stop but he has to cross, first he gets
overwhelmed, panics and then He asks his father, 'can you please help me
cross the street....and his father just smiles, grabs his hand and walks his
little boy across the street...
Am I not the little boy who
constantly comes to a very very 'busy' street which I can not cross
myself, all I have to do is ask our father in heaven to grab my
little hand and take me across.. and he will gladly do it every time , with a
smile.
This was so powerful to me
because, had the silly little child been conscience of his father all
along, he wouldn't have panicked, but immediately reached out to his
fathers hand for support and followed his fathers lead across the street.
But the little boy thought he
could cross by himself and panicked when he realized he couldn't without
realizing that his father isn't going to leave him and watch chas v'shalom the
worst...
Silly little me, had I been
conscience of HKB"H all this time, standing there and waiting for me to
grab his hand, I would have never gotten into this addiction but rather
whenever the temptation would have come my way, I'd simply reach out to him
and hold on for support, but now it too late and I have to be taught to stop
thinking that I could cross the street by myself.
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