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The Yanuka’s own words in this shiur, translated into English by Lehallel · 527 words · 2:54. Press a time to hear it said.
0:00 Come, I will ask you. What is the most important thing for you to strengthen yourselves in? Guarding the covenant. Guarding the covenant, emunah, keeping Shabbos. Do you strengthen them about guarding sanctity? The Rav strengthens us. Do I strengthen you? - Yes. They really wanted to come to the Rav: "When will we get to the Rav? When will we get to the Rav?"
0:28 "When will we get to the Rav?" ... In the holiness of thought and of the eyes. We need to know: the biggest diamonds "Make a skylight for the ark." Have you heard about Noach? Noach had one stone, some say Rashi explained, some say a precious stone, some say a window. What are these stones? These are the holy eyes. 'Make a skylight for the ark' - these are the holy eyes.
0:53 This is the ark, this is the soul. This is the body. And the skylight, And the skylight, this is the eyes, the sanctity, this is the windows of the soul. There are those who say a precious stone, as Rashi explained, those who say a window. Either way, however you interpret it, if it is a precious stone, you will be able to see from one end of the world to the other. If it is a window, you will be able to see far away.
1:20 Also the same, like a window, it does not matter. Now, tzohar is the letters of tzarah, G-d forbid. When one does not guard the eyes, it is dangerous. It causes many problems in the world. 'Make a skylight for the ark.' Guard your eyes like catapult stones. Do you know what a catapult stone is? What? These are stones that they used to place and fire like a bow and arrow, they throw them, they would fly far away.
1:50 When you are holy in your eyes, you will only look to the heavens, the Holy One, blessed be He, will give you what you want, without you even asking. King David... This is the root. - This is the root. This is the root. You will have this, you will rise in the holiness of the eyes, and every time you will rise. If the evil inclination tests you, to try to weaken you, or tries to harm your soul, tell him: we are closing the windows, our eyes are holy, we do not look at forbidden things.
2:21 You will see that you will sanctify the eyes and you will make an effort to be sanctified in the eyes, you will see that you will be able to see far away. Suddenly you will have powers from heaven, and you will have good things and things that you will not understand, how you reached these levels. Therefore you need to rise as much as possible, and then you will also have holiness of thought, because it comes together, and then there will also be holiness of the covenant.
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2:47 The covenant comes at the end, because if there is no holiness of thought and eyes, then there is no covenant either. Mainly it is the holiness of thought and of the eyes.
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