Why is this
so important for the month we are in? Because this month we DO NEED TO INCREASE
IN JOY but we also need to do it wisely. With everything in the
spiritual realm that has a very positive effect has also with it permission
from Hashem to let the Yetzer Hara enter the scene to mess everything up.
Meaning, just like an individual who has an open highway with no cars, only in
that moment all of a sudden it will start raining hard to ruin the “opportunity”
to speed. Something must go wrong.
Where can we
see an example of when the Yetzer Hara enters a situation. Let’s take an
individual who is currently in a Jewish Studies Program (Yeshiva) and has the
opportunity to either go out to watch a movie or continue learning Torah. The
Mishnah in Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers 1:8) teaches if an individual has
to judge a defendant and a plaintiff in court, this judge MUST see both these
people as complete wicked individuals BEFORE THE VERDICT. Why? Because this way
the judge has no interest in either and can reach justice. What is this similar
to? Our case with the Torah Scholar and the movies.
Before
deciding what to do (obviously the Yetzer Hara will make “going to the movies”
like the BIGGEST DEAL) he should look at both options as horrible alternatives
for spending his time. This way he can come to judge both on the same level and
in the end of the day reach ‘justice’ for his life.
One can also
add that an individual can simply take upon himself the importance of applying
a Rabbi to his life so the yetzer hara will not drive him crazy and he can have
the strength to choose a positive direction (guided by a Rabbi with experience
and a great amount of Torah learning).
SHAVUA TOV! ONE WEEK AWAY FROM PURIM!
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