Machshovos Zoros - Foreign thoughts: Difference between revisions
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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>. | 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. | The Torah forbids a person from dwelling on foreign thoughts<ref>This concept is learned from the verse (Bamidbar 15:39): "and you shall not follow after your heart," which is recited in Krias Shema.</ref>, 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. | ||
== Dealing with Foreign Thoughts == | == Dealing with Foreign Thoughts == | ||