A Torah shiur on the power of prayer and the importance of seeking divine help.
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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi David Ashear’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
A man was telling me, Shemirat Einayim is too hard for him, so he just gave up. I asked him: Do you pray for Parnassah every day? He said: Of course. I said: If something is important, you pray for it. Shemirat Einayim is much more important. You need to ask Hashem for help. Another man told me he was working very hard on Shemirat Einayim. He switched his phone, he got a filter on his internet, he even switched houses to a more religious neighborhood. On the first night in their new home, they were looking out the window, and they saw an apartment building, a few blocks away. The apartments were clearly visible as it was made out of glass, and one particular apartment had people walking around immodestly. He quickly closed the shades. The next night, the same thing. It seems that these people did not close their shades at night, and it bothered this man so much to be faced with this test right when he moved into this neighborhood. They especially enjoyed natural sunlight, having the shades open during the day. But he didn't want to put himself in the test,
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- 0:05A man was telling me, Shemirat Einayim is too hard for him, so he just gave…
- 0:36and they saw an apartment building, a few blocks away. The apartments were clearly visible as…
- 1:07so they just kept the shades closed. Over the summer, they went away, and the man…
- 1:37in ways we could never dream of. And if it's very difficult, we have to know,…
- 2:10who had a test in Shemirat Einayim, and he was willing to even lose his eyesight…
- 2:42And since then, I started understanding the Gemara and the learning has been so beautiful. Hashem…
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