כי תצא למלחמה על אויביך
When you shall go to war on your enemy
R' Tzvi Hirsch MLiska in the Ach Pri Tvuah (see here are here) raises the obvious question: Who else are we to go to war with if not for our enemies? If we are going to was, of course it i against our adversaries! Why can't the Pasuk simply state, 'When you shall go to war'?
With a bit of introduction we can learn a tremendous Yesod, a major fundamental principle in being productive in Avodas Hashem.
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| The Lisker Rebbe, Shlit'a at the Keverof the Ach Pri Tevua zy"a |
The Sefarim HaKedoshim explain explain that Adam HaRishon was made perfectly good. The evil inclination was not a part of his intrinsic self. והאלוקים עשה את האדם ישר. G-d made man straight. But from the point that he ate from the forbidden fruit there was an essential shift, the evil was from now on attacking from within
the system.
What does this mean? It means that in every debate there are two parties, with each side trying to convince the other of their perspective. This is not the case with the Yetzer HaRa. He speaks to you in your voice, as if it is you yourself who is speaking. He approaches you as you! He doesn't say"You should do this", rather he says "I should do this". The Yetzer HaRa is the only thing in the world that convinces you to do something by telling you that his will is really yours. A unique and viscous tactic.
This is the first secret in beating the Yetzer HaRa. Making that disconnection. We need to remember that the voice in our heads isn't really us. It's an outsider, an enemy.
This is why the Pasuk tells us that we are going to war against an enemy. We need to remember that in order for there to be a war at all we have to identify that there are two conflicting sides. Us versus him.
More on this to come.
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