{"id":45444,"date":"2018-12-10T20:27:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T18:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=45444"},"modified":"2022-07-05T09:07:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T06:07:02","slug":"the-reward-for-avoiding-ocular-adultery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-reward-for-avoiding-ocular-adultery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reward For Avoiding \u201cOcular Adultery\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":50634,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[765,654],"acf":{"old_id":"45444","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"108","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Where wandering eyes can lead","content":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Leviticus Chapter 18 we are commanded: \u201cYou shall not copy the practices of the land of Egypt where you dwelt, or of the land of Canaan to which I am taking you\u201d (verse 3). From the continuation (verses 6-20), it seems that these illicit practices were largely of a sexual nature, for there follows an extensive list of those persons about whom we are specifically commanded not to \u201cuncover [their] nakedness\u201d [<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">le-galot ervah<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">]. At the end of this list we are told \u201cDo not have carnal relations with your neighbor\u2019s wife\u201d (verse 20). <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, the prohibition of adultery has already been specifically stated in the seventh of the Ten Commandments, \u201cYou shall not commit adultery\u201d [<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lo-tinaf<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">] (Exodus 20:12). And what may be seen as a preventative measure to avoid adultery is included in the last of the Ten Commandments: \u201cYou shall not covet your neighbor\u2019s wife\u201d (Exodus 20:14). <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rabbinic sages included in the sin of adultery what seems to be a remarkably contemporary elaboration (Leviticus Rabbah 23:12): \u201cShimon ben Laqish said: Do not say that only he who commits adultery with his body is to be called an adulterer. But, also, he who commits adultery with his eyes (i.e. by looking in a lascivious manner) is called an adulterer, for Scripture speaks of \u2018the eye of the adulterer\u2026\u2019\u201d (Job 24:15). <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In contemporary society this sort of covetous, \u201cocular\u201d adultery is rightly condemned and variously castigated. Significantly, the rabbinic sages added a reward for a man\u2019s having the self-control to avoid this kind of abusive behavior (Leviticus Rabbah 23:13): \u201cWe find that anyone who glimpses a bit of nakedness [<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">devar ervah<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">] and yet does not feast his eyes on it, merits to receive the Face of the Shekhinah! What is the biblical basis for this? Scripture speaks of \u2018He who shuts his eyes against looking at evil\u2026\u2019 (Isaiah 33:15). And if one is able to do this, his reward is stated in what follows \u201cYour eyes will behold the King in His beauty\u2019 (verse 17)\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":72030,"id":72030,"title":"jer40-eye-1280141_1920","filename":"jer40-eye-1280141_1920.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer40-eye-1280141_1920.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/seeing-ourselves-as-others-see-us\/jer40-eye-1280141_1920\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jer40-eye-1280141_1920","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":72023,"date":"2020-03-18 15:08:19","modified":"2022-09-21 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