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But in a teenager, the yetzer is a four-alarm blaze.
The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010
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The ancient rabbis believed that each of us harbors an aggressive impulse called the yetzer hara.
The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010
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Still, according to this view, the yetzer tov is the moral conscience that reminds a person of God's law when one considers a specific action or choice.
Mark C. Miller: Can Judaism Save Charlie Sheen? Mark C. Miller 2011
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Still, according to this view, the yetzer tov is the moral conscience that reminds a person of God's law when one considers a specific action or choice.
Mark C. Miller: Can Judaism Save Charlie Sheen? Mark C. Miller 2011
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The goal is not to destroy the yetzer hara but to use it in a positive way.
Levi Ben-Shmuel: Are We Losing It? Balancing the Good and Evil Within 2010
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The yetzer hara called out from its prison: “If you kill me the world will go down!”
The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010
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We are endowed with a yetzer hara, or evil inclination, and a yetzer hatov, or good inclination.
Levi Ben-Shmuel: Are We Losing It? Balancing the Good and Evil Within Levi Ben-Shmuel 2010
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The ancient rabbis believed that although the yetzer hara leads us to cause trouble, it is also the spark of life, responsible for every shining human achievement.
The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010
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The goal is not to destroy the yetzer hara but to use it in a positive way.
Levi Ben-Shmuel: Are We Losing It? Balancing the Good and Evil Within Levi Ben-Shmuel 2010
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We are endowed with a yetzer hara, or evil inclination, and a yetzer hatov, or good inclination.
Levi Ben-Shmuel: Are We Losing It? Balancing the Good and Evil Within 2010
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