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

The first mishna in Bava Kama enumerates four main means of harm to the individual which also apply to spirituality. The ox is gaiva, haughtiness by saying I deserve this and I am better than anyone else, reflected the way it stands with its horns pointing straight above. The pit is the other extreme atzvus, being sad in a depression. The mouth is speaking badly on each other and the fire of desire to do what is forbidden. These are the main contributors of all sins. The yetzer hara causes bad inclinations by tempting the person towards these behaviors.