Reply To: Ki Tzeitaei – How to fight the Yetzer Hara, Our Bad Inflinations

The Dubner Magid interprets the gemora Shabbos (31,1) about Shamai pushing away a convert who wanted to convert on one leg. So Hilel told to him, מה דעלך סני לחברך לא תעבד whatever is hated by you don’t do to your friend where Rashi says this includes Hashem who is also your friend. He gives a mashel to a young man who invested with his uncle. He noticed that his investment is constantly diminishing rather than increasing. He went to a financial advisor who told him, know your uncle is a ganov who is robbing you and telling you that you are losing money but taking it for himself. You must separate yourself from him. The yetzer hara makes himself look like a friend but is really your enemy. So his interpretation is of the above, whoever has hatred towards you, don’t make him your friend.