Mesorat%20hashas for Chagigah 31:13

איני והאמר ר' אלעא הזקן אם רואה אדם שיצרו מתגבר עליו ילך למקום שאין מכירין אותו וילבש שחורין ויתעטף שחורין ויעשה מה שלבו חפץ ואל יחלל שם שמים בפרהסיא לא קשיא הא דמצי כייף ליה ליצריה הא דלא מצי כייף ליצריה

Is that really so? But didn't Rav Ila'a the Elder say, "If a person sees that his [evil] inclination is overpowering him, he should go to a place where they do not recognize him, wear black [clothing] and wrap himself in black [clothing, so as to go unnoticed], and he should do what his heart wants, but he should not profane the Name of Heaven [ie. G-d] in public [whereas he can commit transgressions in private]"? This is not a contradiction. This is where his heart forces him [to commit the sin] and this is where his heart does not force him.

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