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Mi LaShem Elai | Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair
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Just like the Kohanim by the time of the Eigel, we have the opportunity to join Hashem's team every time we hold back from looking at something we shouldn't. Learn more about Vayimaen and join our WhatsApp group here: https://www.vayimaen.org/ #vayimaen #shmiraseinayim
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The Chofetz Chaim
once said to R’ Shimon Schwab,
Do you know why
I am a Cohen and you're not?
R’ Shimon said:
Because your father was a Cohen
and your grandfather was a Cohen.
Okay, said the Chofetz Chaim.
So why was my grandfather a Cohen?
Before waiting for R’ Shimon to answer,
the Chofetz Chaim said to him,
I'm a Cohen
because 3,500 years ago,
at the scene of the עגל הזהב,
the golden calf,
when Moshe Rabeinu
called out: מי לה’ אליי!
Who is for Hashem? To me!
My great grandfather
ran and heeded the call.
How do we answer
the call of מי לה’ אליי today?
How do we stand up and be counted?
When we stand bigger
and stronger than temptation.
When we turn our heads away,
we heed the call of מי לה’ אליי.
This is something
totally between me and Hashem,
a private moment
that no one else will ever know about.
That's how we answer
the call of מי לה’ אליי.
The Midrash says
on the pasuk from Mishlei,
Says Hakadosh Baruch Hu,
If you give me
your heart and your eyes,
I know that you’re mine.
When we guard our eyes,
when we raise our eyes
from temptation,
Hashem knows we are his.
We have answered the call
מי לה’ אליי.