Kiddushin 30b § 2
Draw Him Into the Study Hall
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A strategy to combat the Evil Inclination:
My son, if this repulsive one engages you,
Draw him into the study hall:
If he is like a stone, he will disolve
And if he is like Iron, he will shatter
Are not my words like fire, says God
and like a hammer that shatters from a Rock?
If it is stone, it will dissolve,
Ho! All who are thirsty go to the waters
And water dissolves stone,
The Water wears down stones.
My son, if this repulsive one engages you,
Draw him into the study hall:
If he is like a stone, he will disolve
And if he is like Iron, he will shatter
Are not my words like fire, says God
and like a hammer that shatters from a Rock?
If it is stone, it will dissolve,
Ho! All who are thirsty go to the waters
And water dissolves stone,
The Water wears down stones.