Review גמרא דף נב: “תנא דבי ר’ ישמעאל (six lines from top of the Amud) and continue learning the Gemara until “אמר ר’ יוחנן אלמלא ג’ מקראות הללו (seventh wide line)
Questions:
Why the need to drag the yetzer harah to the beis medrash instead of saying the person himself should run to the beis medrash?
What is the message in comparing the yetzer harah to a stone and to iron?
Learn בן יהוידע
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Learn ערוך לנר
Learn פ’ גר”א משלי פרק כה פסוק כא & פרק ב פסוק יב
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Learn פ’ גר”א מגילת אסתר פרק ב פסוק יב
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See commentary from Rav Brevda zt”l on this pasuk במקורות והערות “שישליך תאוות and עיונים ומליאום בסוף הספר
If Torah learning neutralizes the yetzer harah what does the gemara mena that the yetzer harah starts up with talmidim chachamim more than regular people?
Why does the pasuk refer to the fact that yetzer harah testifies against a person in a hidden gematria form?
What kind of parable is the different manifestation of the yetzer harah as stranger, guest, and master?
See רוח חיים פ’ על פרקי אבות פרק ב משנה א
How do we explain that Hashem regrets as Hashem is perfect and does not make mistakes?