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| + | ==It's normal to struggle == | ||
| + | *[http://wiki.guardyoureyes.com/index.php%3Ftitle=Rav_Shlomo_Wolbe Rav Shlomo Wolbe] | ||
| + | *[http://wiki.guardyoureyes.com/index.php%3Ftitle=The_Steipler The Steipler] | ||
| + | *[http://wiki.guardyoureyes.com/index.php%3Ftitle=Rav_Yitzchok_Hutner Rav Yitzchok Hutner] | ||
| + | *[http://wiki.guardyoureyes.com/index.php%3Ftitle=Normalization Normalization] | ||
| + | ==No one is immune== | ||
| + | *Bava Basra 164b. Tosfos Chullin 37b that only Yechezkel Hanovi was able to attest that he was immune to this. | ||
| + | *Even the greatest Gedolim have struggled with such thoughts and temptations. ''Kiddushin'' 81a-81b regarding R’ Amram Chasida, R’ Meir, and R’ Chiya bar Ashi. ''Rashi'' Sanhedrin 31b about Mar Ukvah. Bava Metzia 85a regarding the son of R’ Elazar ben R’ Shimon. | ||
| + | *Rabbi Yaakov Emden related in Megilas Sefer (Ed. Warsaw, 5657) p. 82 how he was personally tempted, and barely withstood the test. | ||
| + | See also [http://wiki.guardyoureyes.com/index.php%3Ftitle=Rav_Elyah_Lopian Rav Elyah Lopian], [http://wiki.guardyoureyes.com/index.php%3Ftitle=Reb_Itche_der_Masmid Reb Itche der Masmid]. | ||
== Sources: == | == Sources: == | ||
* See [[The Steipler]], 1:110 and 1:113. | * See [[The Steipler]], 1:110 and 1:113. | ||
* [[Rav Shlomo Wolbe]] | * [[Rav Shlomo Wolbe]] | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 19 November 2020
It's normal to struggle
No one is immune
- Bava Basra 164b. Tosfos Chullin 37b that only Yechezkel Hanovi was able to attest that he was immune to this.
- Even the greatest Gedolim have struggled with such thoughts and temptations. Kiddushin 81a-81b regarding R’ Amram Chasida, R’ Meir, and R’ Chiya bar Ashi. Rashi Sanhedrin 31b about Mar Ukvah. Bava Metzia 85a regarding the son of R’ Elazar ben R’ Shimon.
- Rabbi Yaakov Emden related in Megilas Sefer (Ed. Warsaw, 5657) p. 82 how he was personally tempted, and barely withstood the test.
See also Rav Elyah Lopian, Reb Itche der Masmid.
Sources:
- See The Steipler, 1:110 and 1:113.
- Rav Shlomo Wolbe