Rashi explains that the heart and the eyes are the “spies” of the body, for they are the agents for its sins; when the eye sees and the heart desires, the body of the person eventually performs the transgression. Rashi’s statement, although technically correct, does not seem to conform with the order of the text, in which Torah precedes the “eyes” to the “heart”. If the heart’s desires are preceded by the vision of the eyes, the Torah should have clearly stated that reality. Horav A. Mishkovsky Z”l explains that Rashi’s order and the Torah‘s order are consistent with…
