ראיה

The eye can only see what it is given permission to see. Even if an object is in front him, he will not be able to see, until Heaven grants him permission to see.

The eye can only see what it is given permission to see. Even if an object is in front him, he will not be able to see, until Heaven grants him permission to see. Hypocrites cause pain in the eyes to the masses who are deceived by them.

The waning of the moon, and its eclipse, are harmful to those with weak vision. When a great man feels some pain in his eyes, he should know that his son or his student has committed some sin.

Kiddush Levanah (Blessing over the New Moon) is effective (segulah) for healing weak vision. One who closes his eyes to avoid seeing evil, through this he is saved from humiliation.

Saying Tikkun Chatzot (the Midnight Rectification) is effective for healing weak vision. When a person goes out to the marketplace and fears he will come to (improper) thoughts through his vision – that he will see beautiful women, he should say the verse: "Hen errelum tzaaku chutza malachei shalom mar yivkuhyun (Yeshiyahu 32:7 – Yea, the angels screamed outside and the angels of peace cry bitterly), and through this he will be saved from seeing.

Through an oath comes pain in the eyes. Looking at the Etrog (one of the four species taken on Succos – the citrus fruit) is a healing for pain in the eyes.

Those with pure vision are able to see on the knives of the butchers the vessels of the Holy Temple.

Those with pure vision can discern in a person who his rabbi is – who taught him Torah. This is true specifically when the viewer is already familiar with the visage of the rabbi. For through the religious laws one learned from his rabbi, the face of the pupil becomes like the visage of the rabbi, for the Torah laws are his wisdom which illuminates his face, 'the wisdom of a man radiates from his face' (Kohelet Ecclesiastes 8:1). When the student receives the law, he receives a degree (part) of his rabbi's visage, and the more laws he learns, the more degrees (parts) of his visage will be accumulated.

Pain in the eyes is harmful at times. Theft is harmful to the eyes.