Musar for Berakhot 121:3
דרש רב נחמן בר רב חסדא מאי דכתיב (בראשית ב, ז) וייצר ה' אלהים את האדם בשני יודי"ן שני יצרים ברא הקב"ה אחד יצר טוב ואחד יצר רע
Rab Nahman b. Rab Hisda expounded : What means that which is written, "Then the Lord God formed man" (Gen. ii. 7), the word wayyiser "and He formed" being spelt with two letters yod? The Holy One, blessed be He, created two impulses, one good and the other evil.
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
Another place where the idea that the Torah has the soul in mind (also) could be the Midrash we discussed earlier in which Job is cited. The "king's image” mentioned in that Midrash may be the עולם היצירה, whereas the “prison” referred to would be the עולם העשיה. The שלטון ruler, mentioned in that Midrash, refers to the mind, the עולם הבריאה, the higher world, the world of the righteous who are governed by their יצר טוב "good urge."
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