What a Wonderful World | Rabbi Yaakov Bender

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The opening of this shiur, in Vayimaen’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

When I wake up in the morning, I come outside. I love the weather. Even though it's cold, I love it. It blows in my face. I look around and I see the world of HaKadosh Baruch Hu. What a Geshmak! I see the leaves growing. When they’re falling off, I see them turning colors. How beautiful it could be. Our eyes are made to see the beauty of Hashem’s world. We could do so many Mitzvos with our eyes. So many things, to notice different things. Notice Chasadim that are needed. I’m talking from a Yeshiva perspective. A kid coming in with torn clothing. Our eyes show us the kid is wearing torn clothing. Let's go out there and buy him some clothing. A kid comes in and he's hungry. Maybe he's not eating at home. It's all the eyes. The eyes see and we do. The eyes see and we start working. That's what eyes are for. When you see a beautiful Gemara and a beautiful Pshat, wow! You see the beauty of Hashem again. The beauty of His Torah. That’s the idea of the eyes of HaKadosh Baruch Hu giving to us, to see the beauty of His world. To see the beauty of our world. Unfortunately, sometimes the eyes pull us in a different direction, but that's not what the focus should be on.

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1. 0:04When I wake up in the morning, I come outside. I love the weather. Even though…
2. 0:34Let's go out there and buy him some clothing. A kid comes in and he's hungry.…
3. 1:04The eyes should pull us in the right direction. I believe, in the הקדמה of the…
4. 1:34I have only one eye that I can see with. Du hast tsvey fleyshige aoygn. That's…
5. 2:04That's where it's at. Don't put yourself in a סכנה. We have such beautiful, beautiful eyes.…

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