Segunda Serie de Enseñanzas de la Torá por el Rabino Elyahu Kin - Metzorá
Ohr Hachayim
[{'start': '0.799', 'end': '4.400', 'text': 'What follows is the second series of'}, {'start': '2.320', 'end': '6.839', 'text': 'teachings on the various'}, {'start': '4.400', 'end': '9.360', 'text': 'Torah portions and festivals, now addressing'}, {'start': '6.839', 'end': '12.759', 'text': 'the Torah portion entitled'}, {'start': '9.360', 'end': '16.720', 'text': 'Metarah.  There is an unusual phenomenon known'}, {'start': '12.759', 'end': '20.199', 'text': 'to us as aá or the evil eye.'}, {'start': '16.720', 'end': '23.039', 'text': 'How and why does it cause harm?  What can we'}, {'start': '20.199', 'end': '25.439', 'text': 'do to protect ourselves from it?'}, {'start': '23.039', 'end': '28.080', 'text': 'Human beings have the capacity to harm'}, {'start': '25.439', 'end': '30.320', 'text': 'others in three different ways.'}, {'start': '28.080', 'end': '33.879', 'text': 'physically, that is, with their hands and'}, {'start': '30.320', 'end': '34.640', 'text': 'feet, verbally through slander'}, {'start': '33.879', 'end': '37.920', 'text': 'and the'}, {'start': '34.640', 'end': '40.960', 'text': 'like, as well as by cursing, and'}, {'start': '37.920', 'end': '43.360', 'text': 'mentally, as we shall see, we first'}, {'start': '40.960', 'end': '45.640', 'text': 'need to understand how a curse'}, {'start': '43.360', 'end': '47.800', 'text': 'or a blessing can have any'}, {'start': '45.640', 'end': '49.920', 'text': 'effect.  Once a person'}, {'start': '47.800', 'end': '52.000', 'text': 'utters a blessing or a curse,'}, {'start': '49.920', 'end': '54.760', 'text': 'the words spoken are sometimes'}, {'start': '52.000', 'end': '57.559', 'text': 'picked up by certain angels who'}, {'start': '54.760', 'end': '60.440', 'text': 'raise them to heaven.  In the case of a'}, {'start': '57.559', 'end': '62.559', 'text': 'blessing, if it is an auspicious moment, the'}, {'start': '60.440', 'end': '65.239', 'text': 'blessing has an effect and produces a'}, {'start': '62.559', 'end': '66.720', 'text': 'flow of positive energy that descends'}, {'start': '65.239', 'end': '69.640', 'text': 'to the'}, {'start': '66.720', 'end': '71.600', 'text': 'lower world.  In the case of a curse,'}, {'start': '69.640', 'end': '73.880', 'text': 'God forbid, the'}, {'start': '71.600', 'end': '75.880', 'text': 'negative words expressed arouse an'}, {'start': '73.880', 'end': '77.560', 'text': 'accusation against the individual upon'}, {'start': '75.880', 'end': '80.079', 'text': 'whom the curse was intended'}, {'start': '77.560', 'end': '83.320', 'text': ', causing his'}, {'start': '80.079', 'end': '85.320', 'text': 'record in heaven to be examined.  If, after examining'}, {'start': '83.320', 'end': '86.600', 'text': 'his recorded deeds, he does not have'}, {'start': '85.320', 'end': '89.040', 'text': 'sufficient'}, {'start': '86.600', 'end': '91.439', 'text': 'merits, then the attribute of'}, {'start': '89.040', 'end': '94.240', 'text': 'justice, God forbid, may be'}, {'start': '91.439', 'end': '96.960', 'text': 'strict with him, and the consequences of'}, {'start': '94.240', 'end': '98.119', 'text': 'the curse will be felt immediately'}, {'start': '96.960', 'end': '100.320', 'text': 'in some'}, {'start': '98.119', 'end': '103.200', 'text': 'way.  That is why our sages'}, {'start': '100.320', 'end': '105.680', 'text': 'said, "Do not underestimate the blessing of'}, {'start': '103.200', 'end': '108.719', 'text': 'a common man to you."  They also'}, {'start': '105.680', 'end': '110.600', 'text': 'said, "Do not underestimate a curse from'}, {'start': '108.719', 'end': '112.640', 'text': 'a common man."'}, {'start': '110.600', 'end': '115.360', 'text': 'This is because although these words'}, {'start': '112.640', 'end': '118.119', 'text': 'may have been a slip of the tongue'}, {'start': '115.360', 'end': '121.640', 'text': 'of a simple man, they sometimes have the'}, {'start': '118.119', 'end': '123.119', 'text': 'power to bring about good or evil.  For'}, {'start': '121.640', 'end': '125.479', 'text': 'this very reason, our sages'}, {'start': '123.119', 'end': '128.679', 'text': "warn, one should not open one's mouth to"}, {'start': '125.479', 'end': '131.360', 'text': 'Satan.  That is to say, one must be very'}, {'start': '128.679', 'end': '134.640', 'text': 'careful not to wish something bad for'}, {'start': '131.360', 'end': '136.280', 'text': 'oneself, even unintentionally, because the'}, {'start': '134.640', 'end': '138.360', 'text': 'words spoken can be'}, {'start': '136.280', 'end': '139.480', 'text': 'picked up by an accusing angel and'}, {'start': '138.360', 'end': '142.360', 'text': 'cause'}, {'start': '139.480', 'end': '144.680', 'text': 'harm.  Now we will explain how some'}, {'start': '142.360', 'end': '147.000', 'text': 'individuals are capable of causing harm'}, {'start': '144.680', 'end': '149.280', 'text': 'through their thoughts.'}, {'start': '147.000', 'end': '152.160', 'text': 'Elar mentions that when one looks at another'}, {'start': '149.280', 'end': '154.800', 'text': 'individual with an evil eye, that is,'}, {'start': '152.160', 'end': '156.440', 'text': 'with a vile eye, as if one'}, {'start': '154.800', 'end': '159.800', 'text': 'resents someone for something'}, {'start': '156.440', 'end': '161.840', 'text': 'special that they may possess, this has the'}, {'start': '159.800', 'end': '164.840', 'text': 'effect of attracting a destructive angel'}, {'start': '161.840', 'end': '166.920', 'text': "that fixes on the individual's eye and is"}, {'start': '164.840', 'end': '168.879', 'text': 'capable of causing damage to'}, {'start': '166.920', 'end': '171.560', 'text': 'whatever the'}, {'start': '168.879', 'end': '173.200', 'text': 'eye focuses on.  This potential harm is possible'}, {'start': '171.560', 'end': '176.040', 'text': "because when a person's thoughts"}, {'start': '173.200', 'end': '178.440', 'text': 'are evil, they become a'}, {'start': '176.040', 'end': '179.239', 'text': 'magnet for all kinds of evil forces'}, {'start': '178.440', 'end': '181.480', 'text': 'that'}, {'start': '179.239', 'end': '183.720', 'text': 'exist.  The same applies to those who'}, {'start': '181.480', 'end': '186.920', 'text': 'want to be impure.  Impurity'}, {'start': '183.720', 'end': '188.519', 'text': 'will seek him out to make him such.   That is'}, {'start': '186.920', 'end': '190.280', 'text': 'why our sages said that the'}, {'start': '188.519', 'end': '192.879', 'text': 'eyes are agents of'}, {'start': '190.280', 'end': '195.400', 'text': 'sin, because it is through the eyes'}, {'start': '192.879', 'end': '198.280', 'text': 'that human beings are attracted to'}, {'start': '195.400', 'end': '201.239', 'text': 'sin.  Therefore, if one wishes to'}, {'start': '198.280', 'end': '203.400', 'text': 'sanctify oneself, the first step'}, {'start': '201.239', 'end': '207.400', 'text': "definitely requires taking care of one's"}, {'start': '203.400', 'end': '209.319', 'text': 'eyes.  How does the evil eye cause harm?'}, {'start': '207.400', 'end': '211.319', 'text': 'Everything in creation has a conduit'}, {'start': '209.319', 'end': '214.000', 'text': 'through which it receives its vitality from'}, {'start': '211.319', 'end': '215.319', 'text': 'heaven and it is through this conduit that one'}, {'start': '214.000', 'end': '217.519', 'text': "receives all one's"}, {'start': '215.319', 'end': '220.000', 'text': 'sustenance.  However, there are things that'}, {'start': '217.519', 'end': '222.599', 'text': 'can temporarily weaken and'}, {'start': '220.000', 'end': '225.799', 'text': 'jeopardize the flow within this'}, {'start': '222.599', 'end': '228.439', 'text': 'conduit.  For example, an individual who'}, {'start': '225.799', 'end': '230.439', 'text': 'enters a dangerous place by exposing himself'}, {'start': '228.439', 'end': '233.159', 'text': 'to danger causes his'}, {'start': '230.439', 'end': '235.319', 'text': 'record to be opened in heaven, where they will examine'}, {'start': '233.159', 'end': '238.079', 'text': 'whether he has sufficient merits to'}, {'start': '235.319', 'end': '241.760', 'text': 'merit a miracle being performed on his'}, {'start': '238.079', 'end': '244.120', 'text': 'behalf and, consequently, be saved.'}, {'start': '241.760', 'end': '246.640', 'text': 'An evil eye works in a'}, {'start': '244.120', 'end': '249.000', 'text': 'similar way, it has the power to weaken the'}, {'start': '246.640', 'end': '251.360', 'text': 'conduit of vitality and'}, {'start': '249.000', 'end': '253.640', 'text': 'sustenance.  And it is as a result of this'}, {'start': '251.360', 'end': '255.880', 'text': 'negative force that'}, {'start': '253.640', 'end': '258.639', 'text': 'many problems in'}, {'start': '255.880', 'end': '260.799', 'text': "people's lives are attributed.  That is why our sages"}, {'start': '258.639', 'end': '263.080', 'text': 'advised, a blessing can only be'}, {'start': '260.799', 'end': '265.600', 'text': 'established in what is hidden from'}, {'start': '263.080', 'end': '268.960', 'text': "view.  That's because anything"}, {'start': '265.600', 'end': '271.479', 'text': 'that stands out from the eye is'}, {'start': '268.960', 'end': '273.600', 'text': 'vulnerable.  The destroying angel who'}, {'start': '271.479', 'end': '276.120', 'text': 'can look into the eye of someone whose'}, {'start': '273.600', 'end': '279.440', 'text': 'thoughts are evil and therefore'}, {'start': '276.120', 'end': '282.400', 'text': 'his eyes are also evil and harmful.'}, {'start': '279.440', 'end': '284.440', 'text': 'There are several metaphysical remedies that'}, {'start': '282.400', 'end': '287.720', 'text': 'can be useful for protecting yourself and'}, {'start': '284.440', 'end': '289.800', 'text': 'nullifying the power of the evil eye.'}, {'start': '287.720', 'end': '293.199', 'text': 'However, this is not the place to'}, {'start': '289.800', 'end': '296.080', 'text': 'elaborate on this.  Still, the'}, {'start': '293.199', 'end': '298.520', 'text': 'best advice of all is to stay'}, {'start': '296.080', 'end': '301.240', 'text': 'away from situations that might attract'}, {'start': '298.520', 'end': '303.280', 'text': 'the evil eye.  An individual who harms'}, {'start': '301.240', 'end': '305.360', 'text': 'others with the evil eye is usually'}, {'start': '303.280', 'end': '308.520', 'text': 'unaware that he is causing any'}, {'start': '305.360', 'end': '312.039', 'text': 'harm.  Therefore, the best advice we'}, {'start': '308.520', 'end': '314.240', 'text': 'should follow, and hopefully minimize'}, {'start': '312.039', 'end': '316.840', 'text': 'the effects of this'}, {'start': '314.240', 'end': '320.080', 'text': 'destructive force, is for everyone to get used to'}, {'start': '316.840', 'end': '324.000', 'text': 'looking at everything and everyone with a positive and'}, {'start': '320.080', 'end': '326.759', 'text': 'kind eye, and not with jealousy or envy,'}, {'start': '324.000', 'end': '328.520', 'text': 'so that, God willing, we will merit'}, {'start': '326.759', 'end': '332.319', 'text': 'the fulfillment of King'}, {'start': '328.520', 'end': '337.080', 'text': "Solomon's words in Proverbs.  The generous eye,"}, {'start': '332.319', 'end': '337.080', 'text': 'that will be blessed.  Amen.  Yeah.'}]