{"id":334,"date":"2014-03-25T12:15:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T12:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/?p=334"},"modified":"2014-03-26T12:45:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T12:45:24","slug":"%d7%99%d7%95%d7%9d-%d7%92-date-23-adar-ii-5774-32514-daf50-tani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/?p=334","title":{"rendered":"\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d2 Date: 23 Adar II, 5774 (3\/25\/14) &#8211; Sukkah#50 {Tani}"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Snake\u2019s POISON &#8211;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R\u2019 Nechemiah<\/span> [50a bottom]: Uncovered water is unsafe to drink because a snake could put its poison into it (and undrinkable water may not be used on the Altar). If there was a strainer over the barrel, the poison would be separated and then it is permitted to drink. However, even though there may no longer be an inherent danger to drink it, when we offer it to G-d we use much higher standards and such water would still be disqualified to use.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>T\u2019s Lesson<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0We know from the days of the beginning of creation, the Yetzer Hara (evil inclination) is embodied by the snake. Its words were its \u201cpoison\u201d which unleashed evil upon mankind. That evil forced everyone from Gan Eden into a world of hard work and labor pains.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>The evil inclination (the snake) used to be an external \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">YOU<\/span> should sin.\u201d But after eating and ingesting from the Tree, it is now inside of us. \u2018Post-sin,\u2019 whenever something tempts us we think, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>I<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>would love that!\u201d and only an external faint goodness of \u201c<strong>YOU<\/strong> should think twice about that\u201d is manifested.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>The evil inclination is almost everywhere. Whether it be within subtle messages in tv, movies, music, books, slogans, advertisements, or bringing sin to the world in every form imaginable. We must distance from the poison around and within us. What does non-Jewish society value? Hollywood stars and singers, material possessions, physical beauty, fame, fortune, money and riches. The snake has encroached throughout the world in our modern times.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>If our WATER (ie: Torah) is manifest through our mitzvos and good deeds, then it sustains our lives and all of creation. Keep the snake and its poison as distant as possible.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Keep our barrels <strong>covered<\/strong>, protect our bodies from the poison of the snake, and keep drinking from the purest of waters.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snake\u2019s POISON &#8211; R\u2019 Nechemiah [50a bottom]: Uncovered water is unsafe to drink because a snake could put its poison into it (and undrinkable water may not be used on the Altar). 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