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Overcoming Inclinations



Rabbi Yehudah stated, “In the future the Holy One, blessed be He, will bring the Evil Inclination (yetser ha-ra) and slay it in the presence of the righteous and wicked.  To the righteous, the Evil Inclination will appear as a massive mountain, while to the wicked it will look like a strand of hair, easily snapped.
Both groups will weep.
The righteous will wonderRight, ‘How were we able to climb such a high mountain?’  
The wicked will cry, 'How is it that we were not able to overcome this insignificant filament?”'  -Sukkah 52


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