Defending the Kodesh Hakodashim | Rabbi Yechiel Spero

If we look at the structure of the human eyeball, at the different components of the eye, we will discover, say the Sefarim Hakedoshim, a great revelation and a great secret as to the power that we have every time we look at something. The Sefarim tell us that the white part of the eye, what's called the Sclera, refers to the oceans and the seas and the waters of this world. The brown part or the blue part of the eye is called the Iris, and that represents the dry land of this world. The pupil of our eyes, say the Sefarim Hekdoshim, is the Kodesh Kodashim, the holy of holies of this world. During the times of the destruction of the second Beis Hamikdosh, Titus Harasha, the wicked, wicked Titus, who destroyed the Beis Hamikdosh, brought a Zona, a promiscuous, immoral woman, into the Kodesh Kodashim, and he was Mezaneh with her. What would we have done if we were offered an opportunity to prevent him from doing so? To defend the Kodesh Hakodashim with our lives? I believe that every person watching this video would have been willing to stand with their chests open, ready to defend the Kodesh Hakodashim with our very lives. Why? Because it's the Kodesh Hakodashim. And we understand that it's the Kodesh Hakodashim. And we understand that to protect Hashem’s holiest places, we're all willing to give up our lives. And I believe that's true even with the youngest Bochur. And that is what we are given an opportunity to do when we prevent an immoral image, an inappropriate image from entering our Kodesh Kodashim, our eyes. Imagine that. Imagine Hashem looks at you, Bechadrei Chadarim, in the most secret of chambers. A person’s in a room all by himself, and no one knows it. But Hashem is watching you. And when you turn away from the screen, when you guard yourself, when you protect yourself, even in the most private moments, you are standing there and telling the Ribono shel Olam, I am yours, and I am willing to defend your Kodesh Kodashim at all costs. You are a hero in the eyes of Hakadosh Baruch Hu. What does that feel like? If we can think about that, it would give us the power and the Gevura, Gematria Re’iya, seeing. Gematria Yira, fear. If only we would realize it, we’d become the strongest people in the world.