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Chafetz Chayim הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק 'ז סוֹמָע( רַמָאְו ,שָׁאוֹי ןֶבּ םָעְברָָי ךְֶלֶמַּה יֵנְפִל איִבָנַּה סוֹמָע אָנָתּ( שׁרָדְִמַּבּ אָתיִאְדּ הַמ ַעוּדָי אלֲֹה ,ערָָה ןוֹשָׁל ןַיְנִעְלוּ הָדוֹבֲע ידְֵבוֹע רוֹדַּה :אוּה ךְוּרָבּ שׁוֹדָקַּה רַמָאְו .אוּה ךְוּרָבּ שׁוֹדָקַּה יִפִּמ אָלֶּא ,רַמָא וֹמְצַע יִפִּמ אלֹ ,רַמָא ם
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The lesson that man must learn from this is that man’s Yetzer תֵא רוֹכָז"ְדּ הֵשֲׂע תַוְצִמ לַלְכִבּ אוּה םיִנָיְנִעָה וּלֵּא דוּמִּלֶּשׁ
Hara constantly lays in ambush for him to commit sin, as Chazal
have said (Gemara Sukkah 52b, Gemara Kedushin 30b), that the "םִירְָצִמִּמ םֶכְתאֵצְבּ ךְרֶֶדַּבּ םָירְִמְל ךָיֶהלֱֹא 'ה הָשָׂע רֶשֲׁא
Yetzer Hara overcomes man and renews itself each day, as David
HaMelech writes in Tehilim (37:32) “The Rasha watches (in .)'ט ד"כ םירִָבְדּ(
ambush) for the Tzadik and attempts to kill him.” He (the Yetzer
Hara) crouches at the opening of man’s mouth (in order) to cause תַבוֹח לֶשׁ הָלָבַּקַּה הָלִּחְתִבּ ליִעוֹתּ אלֹ םִא וּלִּפֲא ,הֵנִּהְו
him to sin, as the pasuk states (Beresheet 4:7) “sin crouches at the םֶהָבּ ליִגרָ הֶיְהִי אלְֹו ,הָלְּפִתַּה תֶא טֵעַמְל םִא יִכּ ,הרָיִמְשַּׁה
entranceway.” Because from that vantage point, if man loses his
concentration ever so slightly from guarding the words that come רַסְחֶי םִא וּלִּפֲא יִכּ .הֶזָבּ לָמָעֶה אוּה יאדְַכּ ןֵכּ םַגּ ,ךְָכּ לָכּ
out of his mouth, immediately he (the Satan) will loot from him a םַגּ ,םוֹיְבּ רוּסָאָה רוּבִּדּ לֶשׁ תוֹבֵתּ רֶשֶׂע קרַ הֶז ידְֵי לַע
large booty or a small booty, but in any event he won’t leave him
unscathed. Thus the Yetzer Hara resides specifically there, more תֶשׁלְֹשִּׁמ רֵתוֹי הֵבּרְַה הָנָשׁ ךְֶשֶׁמְבּ הֶז ידְֵי לַע ץֵבּקְַתִי ןֵכּ
than in any other organ of the body, since one is most likely to רוּבִּדּ לָכּ הרָוֹתַּה דוּמִּל ידְֵי לַעֶשׁ םֵשְׁכּ יִכּ ,ַעוּדָיְו .םיִפָלֲא
sin with one’s tongue.
לָכּ ,םירִוּסֲאָה םירִוּבִּדּ ןֵכּ ,הָּמְצַע יֵנְפִבּ הָוְצִמ אוּה רוּבּדְִו
Also there are times when the Yetzer Hara will find a great
“treasure” there (a marvelous opportunity to cause man to sin), גרְֵטקְַמ ארְָבִנ ןוָֹע לָכִּמוּ ,וֹמְצַע יֵנְפִבּ ןוָֹע אוּה רוּבּדְִו רוּבִּדּ
that he (the Yetzer Hara) convinces him to continue speaking
language (words) that are forbidden for an hour or for a half hour. םיִפָלֲא תֶשׁלְֹשׁ רֵסִּחְו וֹרְצִי תֶא שַׁבָכֶּשְׁכּ אָצְמִנְו .וֹמְצַע יֵנְפִבּ
Within that time there can be found several hundred words of סיִנְכִהְו ,םיִגרְְטקְַמ םיִפָלֲא תֶשׁלְֹשׁ רֵסִּח ,םירִוּסֲאָה םירִוּבִּדּ
forbidden speech and for each word this man will have to give a
reckoning and accounting. Can you imagine a greater “find” (for ,הרֵָבֲע רַבָע אלְֹו ,םָדָא בַשָׁי ,םרָָמֲאַמְכוּ .םיִציִלְמ םֶהיֵתְּחַתּ
the Yetzer Hara) than this, something which he cannot achieve .הָוְצִמ הֵשׂוֹעְכּ רָכָשׂ וֹל םיִנְתוֹנ
in any other sin?! Therefore, that is precisely where the Yetzer
Hara constantly crouches in waiting; perhaps man will lose his אָבַּה :):ח"ל אָמוֹי( ל"ַזֲח וּרְמָאֶשׁ ,ַעוּדָיֶּשּׁ הַמ יִפְל טרְָפִבוּ
concentration for a moment and the Yetzer Hara will snare him
in his trap. וּהרְֵזַעַי ןַמְזַּה ךְֵשְׁמֶהְבּ יאַדַּוְבּ ,וֹתוֹא ןיִעְיַּסְמ - רֵהָטִּל

Subsequently I located in Midrash Rabbah on perashat Beresheet לָלְכּ הקָוּשְׁתּ וֹל הֶיְהִתּ אלְֹו ,הֶזָבּ הֵבּרְַה אוּה ךְוּרָבּ שׁוֹדָקַּה
(22:12) this very same concept, where the text states in
explanation of the pasuk (Beresheet 4:7) “Sin resides (crouches) הֶוַּאְתִמ וֹניֵאֶשׁ ,רֵשָׁכּ שׁיִא רָאְשִׁכּ ,םירִוּסֲאָה םירִוּבּדְִל
at the entranceway,” quoted as follows: Rav Tanchumah said: רָבָדּ הֶזיֵא לַע ַעֵגַּיְתִמ םָדָאָה רֶשֲׁאַכּ יִכּ .ריִזֲח רַשְׂבּ תַליִכֲאַל
“There are dogs in Rome who can fool people (in order to
get food). These dogs go and sit in front of a baker‘s stand in
the marketplace while he is selling bread. They pretend to be
sleeping and lull the baker into complacency. When the baker 18. This subject is elaborated in the Chafetz Chayim’s ZT”L Kuntres Zachor
LeMiryam which has been translated into English under the title Mazal
himself dozes off, the dogs pull the bread to the floor. As people Elul (Distributed by Feldheim Publishers, 5769).

81 84 ו קרפ םייח ץפח .םָתָדירִיִל הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק םָשׁ( ."תַערַָצַּה עַגֶנְבּ רֶמָשִּׁה" :)'ח ד"כ םירִָבְדּ( רֵמוֹאְו הרָוֹתַּבּ הֶשׁמ שׁיִאָהְו" :)'ג ב"י רָבּדְִמַּבּ( רַמֱאֶנֶּשׁ ,הֶלֵּאָה םירִָבְדַּה לָכּ לַע דיִפּקְִה אלֹ אוּהְו .םיִאיִבְנ רָאְשִׁל וּתַּוְשִׁהֶשׁ ,הָתֲעָט אָלֶּא ,וֹתוּנְגִבּ הרְָבִּדּ אלֹ איִה