Musar for Yoma 138:11
אמרו הואיל ועת רצון הוא נבעי רחמי איצרא דעבירה בעו רחמי ואמסר בידייהו
They said: Since this is a time of Grace, let us pray for mercy for the Tempter to evil.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The evil desire, for idolatry is also the evil desire for immorality. The two were found to go hand in hand.');"><sup>15</sup></span> They prayed for mercy, and he was handed over to them. He said to them: Realize that if you kill him, the world goes down.
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
When Moses, the man described as the most humble man who ever lived, permitted himself to say: "Any matter which is too difficult for you bring to me," G–d reacted by proving that he could not even deal with a problem that women knew the answer to, i.e. the problem presented by the daughters of Tzlofchod (Deut. 1,17, concerning Numbers 27,4-5).
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