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Look Down Or Stay At Home (4 minutes)

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Rabbi Yaron Reuven

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[Music] the Torah will purify it over time to the point where you're not even looking in that direction people ask me all the time again this is only for the purpose of Education don't think I'm anything or anything I just know my yet so I try to protect myself you want to learn to all you have to protect your eyes unfortunately we've gotten to a point where today it's virtually impossible it's virtually impossible to walk around the street without seeing people naked it's impossible now naked doesn't necessarily always mean always naked naked means that pretty much they're wearing underwear that's naked so you have two choices one choice look on the floor all the time this is difficult takes a little training but it's not impossible when I go to Israel for the most part that's what I do in America same thing but it's tough to do it over an extended period of time simply because you just you don't know where you're going how you're doing it's makes makes the whole trip miserable so this the second solution don't leave the house that's the solution that's it don't leave the house so people ask me all the time oh how's bokeh how's boeh you like anytime I go to new oh yeah you live in Bon like yeah like how is it I don't know what do you mean you don't know how long you live there three years so how is it I don't know what do you mean you don't know I don't go anywhere the biggest trip that I go is my that's it other than that once I don't know a month two months my wife has to send me to uh the wendixi or Publix to get some groceries because she can't do it or somebody else can't do it then I have to go other than that I don't leave the house why I don't want to look that's that is the way how's boka I have no idea how is the next neighborhood going to be that I'm going to move to I don't know and I won't but know why it's the only way it's the only way it's the only way I know that looking on the floor I could do it but over an extended period of time becomes miserable I just go sit study do my thing and you know go to a lecture that's it what what do I need to go outside for I'm not going to malls so what's the ideal situation stay in house go give lecture go back home go give lecture go back home who do I need to look at my wife my kids the beginning middle end that's it it's finished that's how you protect your eyes the other option is look on the floor all day problem is many guys don't want to stay home obviously they they want to see the world and whatever fine I don't blame you you want to see the world do it at your own risk the problem is that along the way of seeing the world you're also going to see a bunch of people and if you want to inherit tah you can't see it you can't look at women that are half naked and think it's okay it's not okay why that damages your n every time you see an immodest woman it damages your n [Music]