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In Judaism, yetzer hara (Hebrew: יֵצֶר הַרַע , romanized: yēṣer haraʿ ) is a term for humankind's congenital inclination to do evil.The term is drawn from the phrase "the inclination of the heart of man is evil" (Biblical Hebrew: יֵצֶר לֵב הָאָדָם רַע, romanized: yetzer lev-ha-adam ra), which occurs twice at the beginning of the Torah (Genesis 6:5 and ...
Many sources speak of both a yetzer hatov ("good inclination") and a yetzer hara ("evil inclination") in the human soul. [16] The yetzer hatov is conceptualized in different sources as a tendency towards goodness, productivity, or concern for others, while the yetzer hara is conceptualized as a tendency towards evil, selfishness, or base or ...
Judaism affirms that people are born with both a yetzer ha-tov (יצר הטוב), an inclination or impulse to do good, and with a yetzer hara (יצר הרע), an inclination or impulse to do evil. These phrases reflect the concept that "within each person, there are opposing natures continually in conflict" and are referenced many times in the ...
Rabbi Shimshon Dovid Pincus, quoted in the book of his speeches about Purim, explains that in each generation, the Yetzer Hara (evil inclination) appears in different forms. Examples he gives are the Enlightenment and communism. He goes on to explain that nowadays, Zionism is a form of the Yetzer Hara.
In kabbalah, the animal soul (נפש הבהמית ; nefesh habehamit) is one of the two souls of a Jew. It is the soul that gives life to the physical body, as stated in Tanya, and is the source of animalistic desires as well as innate Jewish characteristics such as kindness and compassion.
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In Judaism, yetzer hara is the congenital inclination to do evil, by violating the will of God. The term is drawn from the phrase "the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil" (יֵצֶר לֵב הָאָדָם רַע , yetzer lev-ha-adam ra), which occurs twice at the beginning of the Torah. Genesis 6:5 and 8:21.
The term is entirely unrelated to Yetzer HaRa, and should be removed, as, I feel, should any references contained within regarding angels. Ruyn13 05:41, 26 September 2008 (UTC) So yetzer hara is roughly, but not equally, the same as the Christian concept of original sin?Danwaggoner 01:36, 9 May 2009 (UTC)