Parshas Ki Seitzei: The Battle With the Yetzer Hara

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why does the pasuk promise victory to one who goes out to battle, when another parsha calls for blowing trumpets when battle comes to the land? The Kotzker answers that one who pursues the yetzer hara before the nisayon comes wins without extra effort. The Lechovitcher reads the pasuk as every Jew's journey into a world of battle, where the yetzer hara looks like a friend but is really an enemy. A tzaddik's teaching finds weariness and lack of enthusiasm hinted in the pasuk of Amalek, as coming from missing yiras Shamayim.

Key points

• The Kotzker: pursuing the yetzer hara before a nisayon comes brings victory without extra effort.
• Reb Shlomo'le of Slonim: the claim against us is not calling out to Hashem for help.
• One sefer places zechiras Amalek before Rosh Hashanah, a time to remember aveiros and do teshuva.

Topics

• Ki Seitzei
• Yetzer Hara
• Teshuva