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The Average Person Struggles | Pele Yoetz | Hachzek Day 122 · The Torah Sparks Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: All right, Hale Gehevra, day 122, Palayoitz.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's continue a new topic today, the topic of Yetzer, your evil inclination, your good inclination, the battle that's constantly taking place inside.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's learn about it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every single dingle person has two inclinations within himself, Yetzar Tov, Yetzer Hara.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's Mamish this week's parshava yitzer with two yods he created, Yitzer Tov, Yetzer Hara.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have both.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's this constant duality, this struggle.
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  SPEAKER_00: Who's gonna be on top?
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  SPEAKER_00: The remember since the Khan of Rachel Khazal taught us in Brachos, Risham Yitzhara Shaivton, Tatikim Yatsar Taiv Shavdan.
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  SPEAKER_00: The wicked are ruled entirely by their evil inclination, and the righteous are ruled entirely by their inclination for good.
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  SPEAKER_00: When it comes to the average people, they are ruled by both Yetzer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Somebody who's a righteous in a certain area, so he's a this person has accustomed himself to act properly.
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  SPEAKER_00: Doesn't mean he's a malach, he's still a human being, but he's righteous in this area.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's gotten to a point where he actually has no desire to do this particular evil.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the opposite, the wicked ones, they committed so many sins in this area, and they're so accustomed to doing that, that Nasalam Khatter shlot lish davertov, that it becomes like permitted to them at that point.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um they're not even gonna make an effort to do good.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're not gonna stop themselves from doing bad.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's gonna go from one bad to the next because he doesn't think what he's doing is is any wrong.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's so accustomed in this negative state.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the flip side, he's gonna uh meaning on the contrary, he's gonna look forward to the next opportunity to make uh to do this evil uh sin.
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  SPEAKER_00: But what happens when it comes to not somebody who's righteous, not somebody who is wicked, somebody in between.
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  SPEAKER_00: The person has a struggle, he's ruled by both inclinations.
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  SPEAKER_00: On some how in some way, in meaning in some part of him, um he wants to connect to the holiness.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then on the other part, the Yitzahara seizes him and tries to persuade him to go against his creator.
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  SPEAKER_00: He wants to serve his creator, but then his yetzar says, Nah, don't do that.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's like the primordial snake inside, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: This mamash the nachhashkath the nachashakan money.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is like um what chazal of taught us that a person should constantly instigate his Yetzar Tov to combat um his Yetzarhara.
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  SPEAKER_00: Meaning you have to be proactive since it's going to be a constant battle.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this snake, this yetzar, is going to deviate us and take us away from serving our creator.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have to fight and initiate the battle with Mach Shabbos Tauri with thoughts of purity to combat the evil intentions of the person's base desire.
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  SPEAKER_00: The living person should take to heart sufficient defenses.
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  SPEAKER_00: Good often starts with a good defense.
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  SPEAKER_00: We know that Shayesh Vayesh, Kahina Vahino Loch, Bemisha Sherload's Rats Lochal Mitoly.
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  SPEAKER_00: A person has to realize that there is many ways for a to demonstrate that that a person really take should run towards the mitzvahs.
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  SPEAKER_00: And any opportunity that again he should flee from sin and run towards mitzvahs.
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  SPEAKER_00: This might require a khebin and efish, understanding, wait a second, look at the reward over here, and look at the evil, look at the happiness that will come from serving and and obliging to the Yitzhara.
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  SPEAKER_00: The real happiness that will come from the serving and listening to the Yzar type.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, make this khajbin.
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  SPEAKER_00: A person can do this.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ibnitzhamuttav.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we're taught that if a person is able to vanquish the Ytzar with these types of arguments, then fine.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if this doesn't work, what should he do?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yaskba Tab Musur.
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  SPEAKER_00: He should engage himself in Torah study, specifically Musr.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as he applies what he's learning, it's going to impact him.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's going to make a difference on his life.
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  SPEAKER_00: If the Yetzahara is as hard as stone, then it will dissolve.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if it's as strong as iron, it will shatter, says the Paleoites.
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  SPEAKER_00: Imnitzchamutov, if you're able to do this, great.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're able to co fight him with these tinus, okay, great.
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  SPEAKER_00: If that doesn't work, go to Musir.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's say that doesn't work.
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  SPEAKER_00: Imnitzchamutov, it works great.
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  SPEAKER_00: If it doesn't work, Shagaver love Savir person is has such a desire to sin.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he can't subdue his evil inclination, he can't pull himself away.
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  SPEAKER_00: What should he do then?
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  SPEAKER_00: He should do the Krishma, recite the Shema.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you realize and read the words of Shema, it talks about giving up one's life.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so therefore a person will realize, if he's gonna be willing to give himself up, meaning he would be willing to die in order to preserve his loyalty to Hasha and then Koshkin just will then certainly in this area where he's struggling, he can where it draw withdraw and he can subdue this particular Yetahar al Fum Tyr Agra, and it will go according to the reward he will receive will be in relation to the exertion that he applies.
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  SPEAKER_00: Again, says the Peleards, if this works, call kawah then grave in law.
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  SPEAKER_00: If it doesn't work, what should you do again?
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  SPEAKER_00: Shekheshvahthazalbay.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's the person thinks, let me just sin, and then I'll do tushub afterwards, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna taste that there.
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  SPEAKER_00: When I'm young, I'm gonna sin.
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  SPEAKER_00: My youth, and when I get older, then I'll repent.
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  SPEAKER_00: No, that's not the smart way to go.
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  SPEAKER_00: This person, he should remind himself of the day of his death.
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  SPEAKER_00: Death does not wait for anybody.
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  SPEAKER_00: Person doesn't know but doesn't know when that's gonna come.
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  SPEAKER_00: He might never have a chance to do Teshuva.
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  SPEAKER_00: In fact, it will seek him out specifically, especially.
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  SPEAKER_00: Death will possibly come um quickly for him before he has the opportunity to do tishuva.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so therefore his old logic is wrong.
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  SPEAKER_00: Key.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because the tells us the Mishnah says in Yuma, Haimra Vashu V Eina speak in Biodal ashuva.
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  SPEAKER_00: If somebody says, I will sin and then repent, he's not given the opportunity to do teshuva.
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  SPEAKER_00: And with this, he can save himself from the tzahara rahus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, in the beginning it's going to be hard.
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  SPEAKER_00: Until you get to the level where you are at tzadik in this particular area.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then once you get to that level, the tzahara will not rule you, rather, the tatov will rule over you, and you will no longer feel any desire to do that particular evil.
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  SPEAKER_00: We should all talk about tomorrow.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pick up with this section with the words Umno Mukholzeh.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wishing you a fantastic rest of your day.