Machshovos Zoros - Foreign thoughts: Difference between revisions

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There are different types of foreign thoughts, such as thoughts related to parnassa that confuse a person and prevent concentration, or forbidden thoughts like thoughts of sin or thoughts of avodah zarah.

Although usually the term refers to various thoughts that arise in a person's mind during avodas Hashem, in a more general sense any action that a person does with personal motives is considered a 'foreign thought', since these thoughts and interests are 'foreign' to what they are involved in.

Although usually the term refers to various thoughts that arise in a person's mind during avodas Hashem, in a more general sense any action that a person does with personal motives is considered a 'foreign thought', since these thoughts and interests are 'foreign' to what they are involved in<ref>Sicha of 12 Tammuz 5713 (1953) and others.</ref>.

The Torah forbids a person from dwelling on foreign thoughts, but if it wasn't expressed in actual deed, the person is not punished for the thought, since one cannot be punished for matters of thought.

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 There are different types of foreign thoughts, such as thoughts related to parnassa that confuse a person and prevent concentration, or forbidden thoughts like thoughts of sin or thoughts of avodah zarah.
-Although usually the term refers to various thoughts that arise in a person's mind during avodas Hashem, in a more general sense any action that a person does with personal motives is considered a 'foreign thought', since these thoughts and interests are 'foreign' to what they are involved in.
+Although usually the term refers to various thoughts that arise in a person's mind during avodas Hashem, in a more general sense any action that a person does with personal motives is considered a 'foreign thought', since these thoughts and interests are 'foreign' to what they are involved in<ref>Sicha of 12 Tammuz 5713 (1953) and others.</ref>.
 The Torah forbids a person from dwelling on foreign thoughts, but if it wasn't expressed in actual deed, the person is not punished for the thought, since one cannot be punished for matters of thought.