Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Halakhah for Yoma 76:15

(אמר) ר' חייא בר אבא אמר ר' יוחנן כיון שיצאו רוב שנותיו של אדם ולא חטא שוב אינו חוטא שנאמר רגלי חסידיו ישמור דבי ר' שילא אמרי כיון שבאה לידו דבר עבירה פעם ראשונה ושניה ואינו חוטא שוב אינו חוטא שנאמר רגלי חסידיו ישמור

'Holy ones' means many? - R'Nahman B'Isaac said: It is written: His holy' one.<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> R'Hiyya B'Abba said further in the name of R'Johanan: When the majority of a man's years have passed without sin, he will no more sin, as it is said: 'He will keep the feet of His holy ones'. In the school of Shil was taught that if the opportunity for sin has come to a man the first and the second time and he resisted, he will never sin, as it is said: 'He will keep the feet of His holy ones'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Taking in the sense of , cf. Gen. XXX, 30, 'at the foot of', 'at the guidance of', 'on account of', he renders the verse, He preserves');"><sup>28</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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