Succah 52b § 1
Draw Him Into the Study Hall
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If this scoundrel, the evil inclination, accosted you, seeking
to tempt you to sin, drag it to the study hall and study Torah.
If it is like a stone, it will be dissolved by the Torah.
If it is like iron, it will be shattered.
If it is like stone, it will be dissolved.
Ho, everyone who is thirsty,
come you for the water.
water in this context meaning Torah.
Stones were worn by water.
If it is like iron, it will be shattered.
Is not My word like fire, says the Lord.
And like a hammer that shatters rock
to tempt you to sin, drag it to the study hall and study Torah.
If it is like a stone, it will be dissolved by the Torah.
If it is like iron, it will be shattered.
If it is like stone, it will be dissolved.
Ho, everyone who is thirsty,
come you for the water.
water in this context meaning Torah.
Stones were worn by water.
If it is like iron, it will be shattered.
Is not My word like fire, says the Lord.
And like a hammer that shatters rock