I Am a Neshama! | Rabbi Yitzchok Fingerer

[Music] most of us have never been to Outer Space if you ever decide to venture to add of space there's one thing that's indispensable and absolutely essential and that is a space suit you need a space suit there's no atmosphere there's no oxygen in space if you go to outer space with just your physical body you will lose Consciousness within 15 seconds your blood and body fluids will boil your lungs will rupture not a pretty sight at all and yet imagine if there's an observer of space an alien or some other being that's never seen an astronaut that's never seen a space before and the Observer thinks that the end all and be all is there's a space suit but there's nothing inside the spacit little does the Observer realize that there's a living breathing walking talking human being inside that space suit well what do you know our nishas our souls come to planet Earth they cannot survive in planet Earth because they're so fragile sensitive refined pure and holy Hashem encases the shama the soul in a physical body but the physical body is not the real us the real us is the Nama inside the same way the spacit is not the astronaut the astronaut is the body inside the space suit we are not physical bodies we are nishas we are Divine holy pure refined and sensitive nishas that are garbed in the physical bodies to protect us on Earth the problem is when we confuse it and we think we're just just physical we're not the P says don't be led astray after your desires and after your eyes ask the who was described as is elim he says what does he mean what does that word mean he says say don't think about impure thoughts don't let the impure thoughts enter you what does it mean Lo what does the word mean he says a lot of times it's almost inevitable you can't control that thought that comes into you we're human there's a field of vision sometimes you get stuck and you see something you don't want to see it's beyond your control but the choice that you can make is luru he sayuru means nicer from the word noer which means remain don't let it Fester don't let it remain don't let it subsume you that's the choice you can make and that's why the Torah says lo doesn't say don't think about it sometimes you can't avoid it it doesn't say don't see it sometimes you can't avoid seeing it but what you could choose is don't let it take hold of you because you realize that's not for me I am an AA I'm not a physical body that goes after trappings and that goes after Temptation what's tantalizing I'm an aama and I'm going to Proclaim and I am going to exclaim and I am going to proudly state every single day throughout the day I am a Nama I am not a space suit I'm not a physical body I'm holy I'm pure I'm refined and I will be careful for what I take in and if even if it comes in and I can't avoid it Losa suru I won't let it stay [Music]