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Tearing in Anger A Lesson from the Daf Yomi about the Nature of the Yetzer Hara
By the.guard
 We learned recently in the daf yomi (Shabbos 105b - see below) that if someone tears a garment on Shabbos in anger he is Patur because he is not doing a constructive act but only an act of destruction. So at first the Gemara asks that it is somewhat constructive, since it helps to calm his anger? Responds the Gemara that it's forbidden to do and when a person listens to his Yetzer hara today for something small, the next day the Yetzer Hara gets him to do something bigger, and so on, until he ends up getting the person to worship Avodah Zara!
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| So Rashi addresses an obvious question. How does this answer the Gemara's question? Even though it's forbidden, it still serves the purpose of calming his anger! Answers Rashi, that by giving in to his anger he is just teaching and training his Yetzer Hara to come back again even stronger next time. Therefore, even though it seems to serve the purpose of calming his anger now, it is really just making his situation worse overall and is therefore considered destructive by nature. This is a powerful lesson for us regarding the Yetzer Hara. Sometimes when the desires are strong and we feel like we can’t serve Hashem and move on with our lives, we think maybe it's worthwhile to "give-in" to the Yetzer Hara just to calm him down. But Rashi is telling us here WHAT A LIE THIS IS. Every single time we give in, we just train the Yetzer Hara to come back next time even faster and stronger than before! 
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A 20 minute talk by Rabbi Avi Tenenbaum on dealing with stress and temptation during the difficult period of the Corona Lockdown. |
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This article below by Yaakov from GYE is a part of the book "Teshuva Through Recovery" by Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski. Besides for Rabbi Twerski's special touch, the book includes also many enlightening articles from Dov, head moderator of GYE, who is sober in SA since 1997. Highly recommended to purchase the book here at menuchapublishers.com.
The Secret of Happiness
After reading this article someone wrote us the following e-mail: I have just read your essay (The Secret to Happiness) in the new book by Rabbi Twerski, Teshuvah Through Recovery. This has changed my life. You have taken some of the most complex and stumbling questions faced by every Jew and organized it in straightforward essay. The levels and metaphors were concise, and relevant! This has truly changed my life and fired me up on how to look at EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE! I want to carry this with me wherever I go. This is why we do what we do, each and every day! I have read dozens, if not hundreds of articles and Torah vorts over my Yiddishkeit... but, this one is different. This one is for me. This one is for many others as well :) Would it be possible to get your permission to print this en masse to distribute in shuls around my area, as well as any other Jews in need? I really think this will change people's lives for those who need to hear it. | |
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