לע"נ ר' אהרן בן יעקב שכנא
If a man goes to a certain store because there is a good looking cashier and he wants to look at her when paying - he will suffer in gehenom.
This is not me talking. It is a gemara in the ninth perek of Brachos:
תנו רבנן המרצה מעות לאשה מידו לידה או מידה לידו בשביל שיסתכל בה אפילו דומה למשה רבינו שקיבל תורה מהר סיני לא ינקה מדינה של גיהנם ועליו הכתוב אומר (משלי יא, כא) יד ליד לא ינקה רע, לא ינקה מדינה של גיהנם.
But the gemara says more than I said. The gemara says that even if one is like Moshe Rabbeinu who received the Torah on Har Sinai, he STILL may not allow himself to look.
What is the BIG DEAL?? If someone is like MOSHE RABBEINU then nothing will happen!!? Moshe Rabbeinu received the Torah מימונו אש דת למו- From Hashem's right hand with fire. Most prophets had to prophecy with the help of Hashem's left hand, as the pasuk states היתה עלי יד השם and the word יד connotes the left hand [gemara Menachos] which symbolizes the world of imagination. It wasn't pure prophecy. The world of דימיון - imagination, was mixed in. Moshe's prophecy was with the "right hand" - the pure thing, the "real deal", nothing mixed in. The unadulterated word of G-d that purifies like fire. So what are we worried about??
The answer is that we ARE worried!! Once the walls of modesty are breached then ANYTHING can happen. That is why one may not even LOOK if not necessary and certainly never for pleasure. So a person can't say that it doesn't affect him. If he does then ask him if he is greater than Moshe Rabbeinu!!
In the words of the Rav ztz"l:
One more week of Shovevim to purify ourselves. NOW is the time!
Me too#:-)
Me too#:-)
