Chasidut for Kiddushin 60:6

ת"ר קשה יצר הרע שאפילו יוצרו קראו רע שנאמר (בראשית ח, כא) כי יצר לב האדם רע מנעוריו אמר רב יצחק יצרו של אדם מתחדש עליו בכל יום שנאמר (בראשית ו, ה) רק רע כל היום

but I [also] created the Torah, as its antidote; if you occupy yourselves with the Torah, you will not be delivered into his hand, for it is said: If thou doest well,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., engagest in the study of the Torah.');">¹³</span> shalt thou not be exalted?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. IV, 7; sc. above the Evil Desire.');">¹⁴</span> But if ye do not occupy yourselves with the Torah, ye shall be delivered into his hand, for it is written, sin coucheth at the door.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. IV, 7; so the E.V. Possibly the Talmud translates: at the door of sin-i.e., when one yields to the Evil Desire - one lies lost - i.e., becomes its slave.');">¹⁵</span>

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