🩸Don’t drink blood! ⛔ Musar Study: Refining Character and Overcoming Natural Desires #Torah #shorts

While many understand that sinning is bad, they fail to control their desires and keep stumbling into them. How can we guard ourselves from sinning? How to avoid the horrible punishment in Gehinnom? Learning the laws is not enough. We must learn mussar (ethical teachings) to refine our negative traits and avoid proximity to sin. True, no one does not sin. However, we can surely build a fence around them and do Teshuvah immediately. Join BeEzrat HaShem. Learn with Rabbi Lev Leib Lerner. Study kosher Jewish ideologies and halachos. Follow the guidance of the Sages, and be Holy. - - - - BeEzrat HaShem Learn with Lerner LevLeib@BeEzratHaShem.org Join our FREE online classes every Monday to Thursday night: +1 201-725-3444 | JEW, BE, HOLY | - - - - #JewishHashkafa #JewishIdeology #JewishThoughts #JewishMentality #JewishValue #OrthodoxJudaism #Teshuvah #Teshuva #Repent #Repentance #Mussar #MussarTeachings #JewishEducation #JewishWisdom #KosherTorah #KosherEducation #TorahEducation #Emet #Emes #Truth #JewishNation #KlalYisrael #AmYisrael #JewishPeople #Torah, #Tanakh, #God, #faith, #laws, #rabbi, #morals, #ethics, #morality, #jews, #torahLecture, #lawsOfPurity, #LawsofJudaism, #BeezratHashem, #RabbiLevLeibLerner, #LearnwithLerner, #RabbiMizrachi, #HalachosofJudaism, #biblestudy, #selfdevelopment, #selfimprovement, #musarmovement, #lawsforwomen, #lawsofbrachot, #rabbiefraimkachlon, #rabbiyaronreuven, #jewishstories, #shabbatcandles, #torahstudy, #ConvertingtoJudaism, #TorahLaws, #ToviaSinger, #TorahTruth, #Hashem, #shorts, Rabbi Lev Leib Lerner explores a profound teaching from Sefer Devarim, focusing on the mitzvah to abstain from consuming blood. The Torah is explicit: Only be strong not to eat blood, for the blood is life, and you shall not eat life with the meat. This instruction is the foundation of the meticulous Jewish dietary laws, kashrus, which require us to clean, rinse, and salt meat repeatedly to ensure all traces of blood are removed. We make every effort to fulfill this obligation to the maximum extent possible. Our Sages in Talmud Makkos 23B noticed something remarkable about the structure of this commandment. The pasuk commands us to be strong in refraining from eating blood, and a subsequent pasuk promises a tremendous reward for adherence: it will be well with you and your children after you. This seems unusual, as drinking blood is not a sin that a person is naturally attracted to or desires. Yet, the Torah promises such a blessing for its observance. The Sages teach us a crucial lesson through this juxtaposition. If a person receives such a great reward for avoiding a sin they are not tempted by, imagine the reward for refraining from sins that a person does desire, such as stealing or immorality. Many people might claim they lack a desire for these transgressions, but Rabbi Lerner cautions that this is often untrue. The Torah clearly states that a natural desire exists. If individuals avoid these serious sins, it may be due to fear of consequence or lack of opportunity, not necessarily deep-seated righteousness. This leads us to the critical practice of Musar, a daily study for every Jew focused on character refinement and upgrading our middos. Musar teaches us how to build spiritual fences before the sin, preventing us from even approaching transgression, and how to control our thoughts.