Jan. 31, 2024

Fleeing Temptation: The Valor in Retreat and Shovavim

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Season 6

Could your fervent desires be leading you astray? Journey with us as we navigate the tumultuous waters of passion and restraint, guided by the insights of Rav Chaim. In this episode, we unveil the profound connection between Joseph's escape from Potiphar's wife and the miraculous parting of the Sea of Reeds, a historical testament to the power of self-control and the virtues of fleeing temptation.

Discover why true bravery isn't always about standing your ground but sometimes the strategic retreat from potential downfall. We ponder the delicate balance between zeal and excess through tales that have shaped the moral compass of generations. Join us for an enlightening exploration of how these timeless narratives can illuminate the path to maintaining family purity and integrity in relationships amidst the challenges of modern-day desires.

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The Torah loves passion, the Torah loves drive.

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But passion and drive, desire gone too far is out of bounds and it falls underneath the title of taifa.

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Maybe lust Not a good thing?

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So it's important to keep the following teaching in mind from Rup Chayimi Vellajin, about a famous measure that you might very well know in Bureitius, raba 87.

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Shimon Ish Ketrin Omar.

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What was the merit that the Jewish people had?

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That the Sea of Reeds should rip itself open and split itself before the Israelites?

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D'chsev hayam, raav ayanos?

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Well, it's taught openly that the water saw and it fled, ie it split.

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What did it see, says the measures?

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The water saw, beskos veya azov bigdey, beyadav ayanos, that Joseph, he too, fled and left his garment in Asius Potiphar's hand when he was in a time of trouble.

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When Arayos presented himself itself, joseph wasn't lauded for staying and fighting and saying no, but the proper approach, strength, is to flee, to run away from the Messiah.

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And the water saw that you changed your nature, yosef, and fled from this challenge, beskos, that I'll change my nature.

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My nature is to flow.

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I will shred myself, I Yivku, I Yibokahama'yama' will open myself in front of the Jewish people.

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So we must remember that, while the world may laud, stole strength and staying in the challenge and fighting back.

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That's not the way when it comes to promiscuity, family purity and proper relationships.

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There's never a time of trouble.

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Yosef shull him out of there.

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I eat.

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You take three steps back and run away.

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You make a run for the nearest exit, as Joseph did.

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Ayanos v'ayoyce hachutsa, and the water splitting is just history.