• In Judaism, yetzer hara (Hebrew: יֵצֶר הַרַע‎, romanized: yēṣer haraʿ‍) is a term for man's congenital inclination to do evil. The term is drawn from the...
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    an agent subservient to God, typically regarded as a metaphor for the yetzer hara, or "evil inclination". In Christianity and Islam, he is usually seen...
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    "concupiscence" to refer to sinful lust. In Judaism, there is an early concept of yetzer hara (Hebrew: יצר הרע for "evil inclination"). This concept is the inclination...
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    and lusts of the flesh are characterized by Yetzer hara (Hebrew, יצר הרע, the evil inclination). Yetzer hara is not a demonic force; rather, it is man's...
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  • police academy and shows his uniform to Nancy. 97 8 "Five Miles From Yetzer Hara" Phil Abraham David Holstein The Thermals August 19, 2012 (2012-08-19)...
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    that people are born with both a yetzer ha-tov (יצר הטוב), an inclination or impulse to do good, and with a yetzer hara (יצר הרע), an inclination or impulse...
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  • covenant - שני לוחות הברית There are two inclinations - good (yetzer hatov) and bad (yetzer hara) Three are the Fathers (Patriarchs) - שלושה אבות (Abraham...
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  • qlippoth. Fallen angel Sorcery (goetia) Tohu and Tikun Typhonian Order Yetzer hara Mathers (1887), "The Book of Concealed Mystery". Franck (1926), p. 279...
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    internalizing the forbidden fruit changed this, and thus was born the yetzer hara, the evil inclination. According to Rashi, the sin came about because...
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    food becomes gluttony due to the yetzer hara. The need for procreation becomes promiscuity, and so on. The yetzer hara could thus be best described as...
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  • that humans contain a yetzer, or human instinct. Many sources speak of both a yetzer hatov ("good inclination") and a yetzer hara ("evil inclination")...
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    2012 Weeds Terry Episodes: "Allosaurus Crush Castle", "Five Miles From Yetzer Hara", "Threshold" 2015 Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Steve 3...
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    attributed to heavenly forces, now it was dealt as an "evil inclination" (yetzer hara) within humans. In some Midrashic works, the "evil inclination" is attributed...
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  • a productive life and a tendency to be concerned with others) and a yetzer hara, (literally "the evil inclination", in some views,[which?] a tendency...
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    Humans, by following the Torah, in prayer, by resisting evil instincts (yetzer hara) and by teshuva, are preferred to the flawless angels. As a result, they...
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  • teacher. While sexual lust is categorized as a form of "evil inclination" (yetzer hara), the rabbis recognized its necessity as a motivator of procreation,...
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    into humans minds (waswās), akin to the Jewish idea of the devil as yetzer hara. On the other hand, Shaitan refers unilaterally to forces of evil, including...
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    a discussion or argument with the yetzer hara. Whatever reasons you can propose for one position, the yetzer hara will give several logical reasons to...
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    used as the opening song for Weeds season 8 episode 8, "Five Miles From Yetzer Hara" which aired on August 19, 2012; their song "Here's Your Future" from...
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    an agent subservient to God, typically regarded as a metaphor for the yetzer hara, or "evil inclination." In Christianity and Islam, he is usually seen...
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  • still attached to worldly, physical pleasures, it is synonymous with the yetzer hara, the evil inclination. However, the nefesh habehamit is not inherently...
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    book of his speeches about Purim, explains that in each generation, the Yetzer Hara (evil inclination) appears in different forms. Examples he gives are...
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  • 2020. Twersky, Harav Boruch Benzion (January 6, 2015). "To Vanquish the Yetzer Hara". Hamodia. Retrieved April 18, 2020. Official website Official UK website...
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  • the Messiah Ben Joseph, or else on account of the evil concupiscence (Yetzer hara).[citation needed] The Gospel of John makes reference to this prophecy...
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    וַיִּצֶר‎, wa-yitzer with a single yud, should have no evil inclination (yetzer hara), but we see that they injure, bite, and kick, plainly evincing an evil...
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    Me Quitte Pas)" was used at the end of the episode "Five Miles From Yetzer Hara" from the eighth season of Weeds. The website Consequence of Sound takes...
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    Acoustic Guitar Forum No. 4 "Melancholia" 2017 Flux Conduct (featuring Mike Dawes) Yetzer Hara "Boogie Slam" 2019 Mike Dawes Acoustic Guitar Forum No. 5...
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    Sifra, refers to those rules that the impulse to do evil (יצר הרע‎, yetzer hara) and the nations of the world try to undermine, like eating pork (prohibited...
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    ability to choose the path of goodness, even in the face of temptation and yetzer hara (the inclination to do evil). Evil in the religion of ancient Egypt is...
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  • represents sexual desire; another interpretation is that the snake is the yetzer hara. Modern Rabbinic ideas include interpreting the story as a psychological...
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