I think @grass made a very thoughtful and relevant point. The Chovos halevovos says the yetzer hara first objective is to attack the yesodos. He is really powerful. “ He is made of fire and we are flesh and blood”. We know it is possible for anyone, even great people to go awry. That is why chazal say “al tamin batzmecha at yom mosecha”. Rav Yochanan Cohen gadol became a tziduki. Acher went off. Eisav be Yitzchak went off. Chazal say Yosef almost did a terrible sin until he saw his fathers image. So clearly there is a danger that everyone can go off. Look at the damage shabsei Tzvi did. How do we know if someone great actually goes off? What would have to happen for us to say Rabbi X used to be good but now he’s krum?
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