01-12-2015, 03:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-12-2015, 03:02 PM by Director Michael.)
(01-08-2015, 02:49 PM)Hrvatski Noahid Wrote: On the other hand, Rabbi Weiner writes (Part VI, topic 6:5): A man should not intently gaze at the form of a woman in a lustful way, even if she is single..."
Friends go out and spend hours together, and I know no man who can gaze at the form of a woman so long without having lustful thoughts.
How can male/female friendships be allowed in the Torah?
You need to train your eyes not to stare at a woman's body. Furthermore, it is actually uncultured and impolite to do so.
On this subject, see the verse Job 31:1 - "I made a covenant with my eyes, and why should I gaze upon a virgin?" [Job was an extremely pious Noahide.]
Rashi explains:
"I made a covenant with my eyes": not to gaze upon a married woman.
"and why should I gaze upon a virgin?": Why should I gaze upon her? Such was Job’s piety, not to lay an eye even on an unmarried woman. [He would say,] “Perhaps, after a time, she will be married, and I will find myself attracted to her.”
(01-08-2015, 02:49 PM)Hrvatski Noahid Wrote: Moreover, does the aforesaid prohibition of gazing at the form of a woman in a lustful way not forbid all movies and pictures with women? How can a man gaze for hours at a non-pornographic movie with female actresses and not have lustful thoughts?
If a man finds that he has that problem, the advice would be to stop going to the kinds of movies that arouse him in that manner. Surely a person can find more productive and beneficial ways to spend his time.