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Two Eyes in the Summer | Rabbi Eli Mansour

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Rabbi Eli Mansour

Rabbi Eli Mansour discusses the importance of protecting one's eyes in the summer.

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[Music] There's a seed. It's called amazingly enough it was authored by none other than Abraham Abu Alum. Arguably one of the oldest books that we have in the library. And there Abraham Abinu tells us every month on the Jewish calendar represents a different limb in the human body. And he talks about the months of tamuz and av. And he says months of tamuz and av. And he says those months actually represent the two eyes of a person that we actually read during those months. My eye, my eye, one eye for tamuz and one eye for a. I found that incredible because it is those two months where for at least for us in North America is our summer months and those are the months that we have the greatest challenge when it comes to a watching the eyes could be

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  1. 0:00[Music] There's a seed. It's called amazingly enough it was authored by none other than Abraham…
  2. 0:30months of tamuz and av. And he says those months actually represent the two eyes of…
  3. 1:02it comes to a watching the eyes could be giving us a hint back and in…
  4. 1:33look. I will fulfill the that's the and then he says if I make a covenant…
  5. 2:04Nicholasburg said if a person makes a covenant with his eyes you don't have to worry…
  6. 2:36[Music] and that reminds us as we come to the summer months how careful we have…

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