Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Halakhah for Yoma 76:14

(אמר) ר' חייא בר אבא א"ר יוחנן אפי' בשביל צדיק אחד העולם מתקיים שנאמר (משלי י, כה) וצדיק יסוד עולם ר' חייא דידיה אמר מהכא (שמואל א ב, ט) רגלי חסידיו ישמור חסידיו טובא משמע אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק חסידו כתיב

R'Hiyya B'Abba also said in the name of R'Johanan: The Holy One, blessed be He, saw that the righteous are but few, therefore He planted them throughout all generations, as it is said: For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and He hath set the world upon them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. II, 8.');"><sup>25</sup></span> R'Hiyya B'Abba said also in the name of R'Johanan: Even for the sake of a single righteous man does the world endure, as it is said: But the righteous is the foundation of the world.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. X, 25. E.V., ' Is an everlasting foundation'. uhshxj ushxj');"><sup>26</sup></span> R'Hiyya himself infers this from here: He will keep the feet of His holy ones'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. II, 9. Although the kere (the traditional reading) is in the plural the kethib () , (the written form) is in the singular. kdrk kdr');"><sup>27</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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