Sukkah 52b Part 1/4

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why does the yetzer hara grow stronger every day, and how can a person stand against it? Rabbi Yitzchak says it grows stronger daily, and without Hashem's help we could not overcome it. The Gemara has the yetzer incite a person in this world and testify against him in Olam Haba, and has it move from outside a person to inside. Rabbi Yochanan's line on the small ever is learned the classic way, and Rashi learns it differently.

Key points

• The Gemara says to pull the yetzer hara to the bais medrash, where stone melts and iron scatters.
• In Rava's words the yetzer first passes by, then becomes a guest, then part of the person.
• Rabbi Yochanan teaches that starving this small ever satisfies it, while indulging it leaves it hungry.

In this shiur

1. 0:00A survivor's story about the yetzer
2. 1:43Rabbi Yitzchak: the yetzer grows daily
3. 2:56Pulling the yetzer to the bais medrash
4. 4:16Inciter here, witness in Olam Haba
5. 5:11Shechita, coloring and the yetzer's disguise
6. 7:57Is the yetzer outside or inside?
7. 10:02Passing by, guest, then part of you
8. 13:36Rabbi Yochanan on the small ever

Topics

• Yetzer Hara
• Bais Medrash
• Kedushah