Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Halakhah for Yoma 76:10

(אמר) ר' אלעזר מברכתן של צדיקים אתה למד קללה לרשעים ומקללתן של רשעים אתה למד ברכה לצדיקים מברכתן של צדיקים אתה למד קללה לרשעים דכתיב (בראשית יח, יט) כי ידעתיו למען אשר יצוה וגו' וכתיב בתריה (בראשית יח, כ) ויאמר ה' זעקת סדום ועמורה כי רבה

R'Eleazar [also] said: From the blessing of the righteous you can infer the curse for the wicked and from the curse of the wicked you may infer the blessing for the righteous - From the blessing of the righteous you can infer the curse for the wicked, as it is written: For I have known him, to the end that he may command,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XVIII, 19.');"><sup>15</sup></span> and [soon] after that it is written: And the Lord said: Verily the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 20.');"><sup>16</sup></span> From the curse of the wicked you can infer the blessing for the righteous,for it is written: Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the Lord exceedingly.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XIII, 13.');"><sup>17</sup></span>

Chofetz Chaim

Aside from this, the following (Midrash Rabbah 14:4) is well known: "If you have labored much in their [the sages'] words, the Holy One Blessed be He removes the yetzer hara from you" — whereupon I said to myself: "Possibly, if they study this book, which is gathered from all the words of the Rishonim on this subject, and reflect upon them, the yetzer hara for this sin will not prevail so much over them." And, as a mater of course, if one starts to remove himself from this sin, he will come to remove himself from it entirely. For in this sin, habit plays a great part, and (Yoma 38b) "One who comes to purify himself is assisted [by the L–rd]." And in this merit, may the Redeemer [the Messiah] come to Zion," (Isaiah 50:29), speedily, in our days, Amen!
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