Special Series - Impact on Our Soul | Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger

[Music] it's a quite famous gamarra L why is the par of the na the one who abstains from wine ju opposed to the para of the S the woman who was accused of acting unfaithfully and the gor famously says to tell one who observes a sa in her state of degradation should abstain from wine and Rashi explains because wine leads to immorality and really it's counterintuitive because if someone observes a woman a sa in her state of degradation and humiliation suffering Untold embarrassment you would think that that would be enough to discourage someone from engaging in similar type of sin so why would someone have to be y a it should be enough just to witness that terrible sight and the Bal mus say an amazing V about the power of what we're exposed to what we don't see and what we're not exposed to can hurt us a lot less than that which we do see as terrible as it might be and as awful as the consequences might be the impact that it has on our n is such that is told to be what a lesson and what an important message for us to internalize when we go about our day-to-day activities in the world we live in we're bombarded with so much and sometimes we might think okay you know it is what it is but the answer is that we have to be as much as possible we have to detach ourselves as terrible as the things we see might be and as awful as they may be they have an impact on us and I would say when we expose ourselves to positivity toim to kadus and tahara who knows what kind of impact that has on our Nish how it cleanses us how it fortifies us to go forward let us always remember what we don't see and what we haven't been exposed to can't hurt us as much as that which we do see no matter how bad it is [Music]