Secrets Of The Soul - Volume 1

One day someone came to tell me that Rav Isaac had called me for a meeting. I presumed that it was some kind of a preliminary meeting for a shidduch, so I got my jacket and tie and went to his house. When I got there I saw that there was no one home but him. “Did the Rosh Yeshiva call me for a meeting?” I asked. “Yes. I called you for a meeting with your yetzer ha’ra,” he answered. “Why does the Rosh Yeshiva think I have a yetzer ha’ra? I am keeping up with the learning schedule that the Rosh Yeshiva made for me. What am I doing wrong?” Rav Isaac answered, “Don’t be offended when I tell you that you have a yetzer ha’ra. We all have a yetzer ha’ra. The only question is how we deal with it.” RAV SHLOMO HOFFMAN zt”l was a student of the Chevron Yeshiva seventy to eighty years ago. He was among those who established a close connection with Rav Isaac Sher zt”l, and merited to receive from him guidance in avodas Hashem, the understanding of the human nefesh, and the foundations of man’s purpose in this world.