50 Day Program for Bochurim

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Rabbi Yehuda ben Teima says, “Be brazen as a leopard,

light as an eagle, swift as a gazelle, and strong as a lion -

to do the will of your Father in Heaven.”

The Tur explains “light as an eagle” as referring to lifting our

eyes away from things we shouldn’t look at. “For all sin begins

with the eyes that see, leading the heart to desire, and then

the body commits the sin” (Tur, Orach Chaim, 1).

It seems a bit strange to call Shmiras Einayim “light as an eagle”,

after all, this struggle is one of the most difficult that we face

Why the

name

Esa Einai?

By R’ Yaakov Nadel

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