All such activities come, as Solomon noted, from a man’s rivalry with his neighbor. Rabbi Samuel bar Nahman stated that were it not for the impulse to evil, a man would not build a house, take a wife, beget children, or engage in commerce. The rabbis realized that the Yetzer HaRah the inclination towards evil was necessary and vital to many of life’s most important and basic activities. The most obvious example is sexual desire which can lead to love, marriage and family or to seduction, adultery or even rape and incest. The ego/self undisciplined set of inclinations are called by the rabbis the Yetzer HaRah – the inclination towards evil because this set of character traits so easily expands to produce evil. Forcefulness can lead to domination and manipulation. Determination can lead to stubbornness and rigidity. Competitiveness can lead to jealousy, rivalry and hate.
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Assertiveness can lead to insensitivity and aggression. These aspects of ego personality are not intrinsically evil, but if they are not held in check they can easily expand to yield evil results.Īmbition can lead to arrogance and selfishness. Ambition, assertiveness, competitiveness, curiosity, determination and forcefulness are a few of the character traits associated with this set. The other set, the Yetzer HaRah, might be called the ego/selfish undisciplined set. You can already observe most of these character traits in very small children, but they need to be developed further through education, especially spiritual and moral education. This set includes the personality traits of empathy and sympathy, loyalty and cooperativeness, the need to be appreciated and loved, patience, kindness, etc.One set is the Yetzer HaTov, the inclination towards goodness. The rabbinic sages taught that within each and every human personality there are two sets of inclinations. The real question is: Why is human nature both good and evil? The sources of goodness itself also need to be understood and explained. Why is there good in the world? Why are some people filled with love, a sense of justice, and a desire for peace?
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Yet people often fail to ask other equally important questions.
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Why is there evil in the world? Why are some people filled with hate, prejudice and violence? Human beings have been asking these questions for millennia.