Sukkah 52b Part 2/4

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Does the yetzer hara lead a person from outside, or live inside him? Rav Huna sets two pesukim against each other, and the answer is that the yetzer leads from outside at first and then moves in. The Gemara also says Hashem regrets creating four things, the yetzer hara among them. Rabbi Yochanan learns from three pesukim that Hashem takes responsibility for the yetzer He gave us, and Rav Papa adds a fourth pasuk.

Key points

• The Gemara calls the yetzer first a heilech, one who walks by, then a guest, then a man of the house.
• Rabbi Yochanan teaches that this yetzer is satisfied when starved and hungry when fed.
• One explanation, heard long ago: our middos come from Hashem's, so teshuva implies some regret Above.
• With all the Gemara's strategies against the yetzer hara, tefillah is the best antidote.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Rav Huna: leading from outside or inside
2. 2:16Goer, guest and man of the house
3. 4:47Rabbi Yochanan on the ever katan
4. 6:22Four things Hashem regrets creating
5. 16:17Avraham's gifts and the koach hatumah
6. 19:23Three pesukim of Hashem's responsibility
7. 24:35Rav Papa's fourth pasuk and tefillah
8. 26:04Plans for the coming days

Topics

• Yetzer Hara
• Teshuva
• Tefillah