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pcoz
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This thread is out of my depths, but here’s a thought from Rb Yitzchak Blazer z”l

The passuk says hu yeshufcha akev veata teshufenah rosh – he will strike at your ankle and you will crush his head.

He explains that when the yetzer hara attacks he does so in a way in which the situation gets progressively worse, the attack starts from the heel and works its way through the rest of the body. However when the yetzer hatov wins the situation changes suddenly for the better, similar to the snake’s head being crushed.

I don’t believe that any effort anyone ever made was lost, so regardless of whether or not there seems to be an effect at the moment, something always sticks.