Avoiding Temptation
Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
Robert Orben
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
Franklin P. Jones
Bilaam was SO impressed!!
"Mah tovu ohalecha yaakov - How goodly are thy tents o Jacob" [So biblical sounding!]. Rashi - He was impressed that the openings of their tents weren't facing each other, so they couldn't look in.
What was he impressed with? That the Jews aren't peeping Toms [or "peeping Moishes]??
NO!
More than that!
He was blown away by the fact that the Jews placed their tents in such a way that they wouldn't be TEMPTED to look into their neighbors tents. They knew how to avoid nisyonos.
It is not enough to pass life's tests. One must learn how to AVOID them in the first place.
As we proclaim daily אל תביאנו לידי ניסיון
[Based on the Birkas Mordechai - Parshas Balak]
Robert Orben
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
Franklin P. Jones
Bilaam was SO impressed!!
"Mah tovu ohalecha yaakov - How goodly are thy tents o Jacob" [So biblical sounding!]. Rashi - He was impressed that the openings of their tents weren't facing each other, so they couldn't look in.
What was he impressed with? That the Jews aren't peeping Toms [or "peeping Moishes]??
NO!
More than that!
He was blown away by the fact that the Jews placed their tents in such a way that they wouldn't be TEMPTED to look into their neighbors tents. They knew how to avoid nisyonos.
It is not enough to pass life's tests. One must learn how to AVOID them in the first place.
As we proclaim daily אל תביאנו לידי ניסיון
[Based on the Birkas Mordechai - Parshas Balak]
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