Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Halakhah for Yoma 76:12

(אמר) ר' אלעזר כל המשכח דבר מתלמודו גורם גלות לבניו שנאמר ותשכח תורת אלהיך אשכח בניך גם אני ר' אבהו אמר מורידין אותו מגדולתו שנאמר כי אתה הדעת מאסת ואמאסך מכהן לי

and 'good' means but the righteous, as it is said: Say ye of the righteous that he is the good one.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. III, 10. E.V., 'Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him.' V. Hag. 12b.');"><sup>20</sup></span> R'Eleazar said also: Whoever forgets [through neglect] any part of his study, causes his children to go into exile, as it is said: Seeing that thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hosea IV, 6.');"><sup>21</sup></span> R'Abbahu said: Such a one is deprived of his greatness, as it is said: Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid.');"><sup>22</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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