And
Lot
Went
Up
from
Zoar
295)
“And
Lot
went
up
from
Zoar,
and
lived
in
the
mountain,
and
his
two
daughters
with
him.”
He
went
up
from
Zoar
because
he
saw
that
Zoar
was
close
to
Sodom.
This
is
why
he
went
up
from
there.
296)
The
Creator
causes
reasons
in
the
world
and
brings
destructive
lights
to
do
His
deeds,
and
then
turns
them
around
and
makes
them
in
a
different
way,
as
it
is
written,
“He
turns
for
reasons
in
His
tactics
that
they
may
do.”
It
is
the
conduct
of
the
Creator
to
first
bring
destructive
lights
that
destruct,
and
then
turn
them
around
and
correct
them.
297)
How
does
He
turn
them?
The
Creator
executes
tactics
and
causes
reasons
to
turn
them
until
they
are
not
as
the
previous
ones.
According
to
the
works
of
people,
according
to
the
actions
they
do,
so
He
turns
those
actions
of
corrupting
lights.
Thus,
people’s
actions
cause
turning
those
deeds
in
all
that
the
Creator
commands
them
on
the
earth,
that
they
receive
all
kinds
of
forms
in
the
world
by
the
merit
of
people’s
actions.
Ammon
and
Moab
came
out
through
such
a
corrupt
deed,
and
in
the
end,
all
the
kings
of
Judah
and
the
Messiah
King
came
out
of
them.
298)
“He
turns
for
reasons
in
His
tactics
that
they
may
do.”
“He”
means
that
the
Creator
causes
reasons
and
brings
deeds
to
exist
in
the
world.
And
once
people
think
that
the
deeds
will
come
true,
the
Creator
turns
those
deeds
from
what
they
were
at
first.
In
the
beginning,
those
deeds
came
out
corrupted
through
corrupting
lights,
and
afterwards
the
Creator
turned
them
around
and
corrected
them.
And
some
come
out
good
from
the
beginning,
worthy
of
existing,
but
were
corrupted
by
people’s
actions,
and
then
the
Creator
turns
them
around
if
they
repent.
299)
“In
His
tactics”
is
written
without
a
Yod
[in
Hebrew],
in
singular
form.
It
is
as
a
craftsman
who
makes
vessels
of
clay.
As
long
as
those
stones
still
turn
before
him,
if
he
thinks
of
making
it
one
way,
he
does,
and
if
he
thinks
of
making
it
another
way,
he
does.
When
he
wants,
he
turns
this
vessel
into
another,
and
all
this
is
because
those
stones
are
turning
before
him.
300)
The
Creator
turns
the
actions
that
He
does
in
His
tactics.
The
tactic
is
the
lower
courthouse,
the
Nukva
of
ZA,
and
she
is
the
stones
that
turn
before
Him.
Since
the
Mochin
come
to
the
Nukva
and
are
imparted
from
her
in
three
points,
regarded
as
three
places,
the
Nukva
is
described
as
turning
in
three
places.
And
for
that,
He
turns
the
vessels
from
one
vessel
to
another.
301)
And
this
is
all
according
to
people’s
actions.
If
people
improve
their
deeds,
those
turning
stones
turn
them
to
the
right,
Hesed.
Then
the
deeds
that
are
done
in
the
world
are
to
benefit
the
people
of
the
world
as
it
should
be,
since
Hassadim
and
abundance
are
drawn
out
to
the
world,
and
the
stones
always
turn
to
the
right
side
and
never
stop,
and
the
world
revolves
in
it
and
receives
actions
from
the
right
line,
Hassadim.
302)
And
if
people
come
to
sin,
then
His
tactic
is
that
the
Nukva,
which
always
turns,
as
she
was
on
the
right
side,
now
the
Creator
turns
her
to
the
left
side,
and
He
turns
the
causes
and
the
vessels
that
were
initially
on
the
right
side
to
the
left.
303)
Then
the
stones
turn
and
things
are
done
in
the
world
so
as
to
harm
people,
and
the
stones
turn
to
the
left
until
people
reform
their
actions.
Thus,
the
stones
are
dependent
upon
people’s
actions.
This
is
why
it
is
written,
“In
His
tactics
that
they
may
do,”
since
the
tactic,
the
stones,
depends
on
people’s
actions
and
never
stands,
but
always
turns—either
to
the
right
or
to
the
left.
304)
The
Creator
caused
the
reasons
and
deeds
in
the
world
so
that
everything
will
be
done
properly,
and
everything
comes
out
and
is
extended
below
in
the
world
from
the
essence
and
the
root
above.
The
Creator
drew
Abraham
near
Him,
Ishmael
came
out
of
him,
for
he
was
not
yet
circumcised
when
he
came
out
of
him;
hence,
he
emerged
below
and
not
completed
in
the
sign
of
the
holy
covenant.
305)
Afterwards,
the
Creator
turned
reasons
with
His
tactics,
and
Abraham
was
circumcised
and
came
into
the
covenant,
and
was
completed
in
his
name,
and
was
called
Abraham
with
the
letter
Hey.
And
the
upper
Hey
of
HaVaYaH
that
was
placed
into
his
name,
Bina,
is
his
crown,
as
in
water
from
wind.
306)
Since
the
secret
has
been
completed
and
circumcised,
Isaac
came
out
of
him,
and
he
became
a
holy
seed
and
was
tied
above
in
the
form
of
fire
from
water,
as
it
is
written,
“Yet
I
planted
you
a
noble
vine,
all
of
it
a
seed
of
truth,”
meaning
that
it
was
not
connected
only
to
the
left
side,
but
was
included
in
the
right.
Before
he
was
circumcised,
he
was
under
the
authority
of
corrupting
lights.
At
that
time,
he
begot
Ishmael,
and
begot
him
below,
in
externality,
since
he
is
the
waste
of
the
right.
Afterwards,
it
is
written
that
because
He
turns
in
his
tactics,
the
Creator
inflicted
causes
upon
him
until
he
was
circumcised
and
was
awarded
the
right
line
of
Bina,
water.
However,
he
did
not
receive
the
water
directly
from
Bina
but
from
ZA,
Ruach,
as
was
said,
the
upper
Hey
of
HaVaYaH
that
was
placed
in
his
name,
Bina,
adorned
him,
water
from
wind
[Ruach].
Bina
adorned
him
with
her
right
line,
Hesed,
water,
and
he
received
it
from
ZA,
Ruach,
as
transference.
Then
Isaac
came
out
of
him,
who
was
tied
up
above
in
Bina,
meaning
received
the
left
line
from
Bina.
However,
he
did
not
receive
it
directly
from
Bina,
but
fire
from
water,
meaning
he
received
from
Abraham,
and
this
is
called
“water.”
This
is
why
he
was
included
in
him,
as
it
is
written,
“Abraham
begot
Isaac.”
307)
Two
separate
nations
came
out
of
Lot
and
his
daughters,
and
connected
to
the
Sitra
Achra.
Hence,
the
Creator
causes
reasons
and
makes
inversions
in
the
world
so
that
all
will
be
as
it
should
be,
connected
to
its
place
in
holiness,
so
it
will
be
fitting
to
elicit
the
kings
of
Judah
and
the
Messiah
King
from
there.
308)
Lot
was
worthy
of
him
and
his
wife
begetting
these
two
nations,
but
to
tie
them
to
their
rightful
place
He
brought
them
out
from
his
daughters,
and
their
conception
was
made
through
wine,
as
it
is
written,
“And
they
made
their
father
drink
wine.”
This
wine
was
intended
for
them
on
that
night
in
the
cave.
Had
it
not
been
for
the
wine,
these
nations
would
not
have
come
into
the
world.
We
must
first
understand
the
two
explanations
in
the
words,
“Because
He
turns
in
His
tactics.”
There
are
two
kinds
of
overturning
in
the
corrections
of
the
worlds.
One
is
the
overturning
of
Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
since
those
GAR
of
the
illumination
of
the
left
were
destructive
lights.
The
second
overturning
is
the
turning
of
the
stones,
which
turns
this
vessel
into
another
vessel.
This
is
the
overturning
of
Moab
and
Ammon,
who
were
shells
that
were
more
impure
than
all
the
nations
by
their
very
nature,
until
they
were
forbidden
to
mingle
with
the
crowd
of
the
Lord.
It
is
written
that
because
He
turns
in
His
tactics,
all
those
kings
and
the
Messiah
King
came
out
of
them,
since
those
two
nations
were
drawn
out
by
the
intoxicating
wine
through
the
primordial
serpent,
which
was
similar
to
the
sin
of
the
tree
of
knowledge.
Hence,
he
drew
revealed
GAR
of
illumination
of
the
left,
meaning
lights
that
are
revealed
in
Hochma,
and
in
the
form
of
GAR,
so
that
the
lights
will
be
drawn
out
from
above
downwards
as
in
the
tree
of
knowledge.
This
extension
was
done
by
the
elder
one,
from
whom
Moab
was
born,
whose
idol
worship,
Peor,
is
disclosed.
And
the
intimation
is
that
the
Moab
is
revealed
to
all,
that
he
was
born
from
his
father.
It
is
known
that
through
extension
of
GAR
of
the
left,
the
Malchut
of
the
quality
of
judgment
appears.
Hence,
the
younger
one
drew
only
VAK
because
the
Malchut
of
the
quality
of
judgment
was
already
revealed
in
her.
And
yet,
the
two
shells,
GAR
and
VAK,
were
connected
to
one
another
and
were
receiving
from
each
other.
And
since
the
extension
of
the
younger
one
was
mingled
with
Malchut
of
the
quality
of
judgment,
which
rejects
all
the
Mochin,
all
her
actions
were
concealed.
This
is
why
Ammon
and
Moab
were
forbidden
to
mingle
with
the
crowd
of
the
Creator
since
their
iniquity
was
grave.
Moab
was
forbidden
because
he
was
from
the
GAR
of
the
illumination
of
the
left,
when
besides
being
extended
through
harsh
judgments,
they
also
expose
Malchut
of
the
quality
of
judgment.
And
Ammon
was
forbidden
because
he
had
Malchut
from
the
quality
of
judgment
in
him.
However,
to
counter
that,
the
Nukva
of
holiness
was
erected
when
the
lower
ones
improve
their
deeds,
when
the
lights
that
are
revealed
in
Hochma
shine
in
her
below
the
Chazeh
and
in
the
form
of
from
below
upward.
This
revokes
the
shell
of
Moab.
In
this
way,
the
lines
of
Hochma
and
Hassadim
mingle
in
one
another,
the
illumination
of
Hochma
exists
in
its
full
perfection,
and
the
covered
lights
shine
in
her
from
above
the
Chazeh,
in
the
place
of
GAR.
Also,
the
Malchut
of
the
quality
of
judgment
is
established
and
concealed
there
from
the
Chazeh
upward,
and
does
not
affect
any
judgment.
This
cancels
the
shell
of
Ammon.
Additionally,
Malchut
that
is
sweetened
in
the
quality
of
mercy,
called
key,
is
established
from
the
Chazeh
of
Nukva
downward.
It
was
said,
“If
he
is
rewarded,
good;
if
he
is
not
rewarded,
bad,”
since
then
the
correction
in
the
Nukva
is
corrupted
and
the
lights
shine
in
judgments
of
the
left,
and
the
shells
of
Moab
and
Ammon
regain
their
dominion
and
introduce
harsh
judgments
to
the
world.
The
Creator
causes
reasons
and
does
deeds
in
the
world,
in
Nukva,
called
“world.”
He
corrected
her
in
lights
that
are
covered
from
the
Chazeh
upward,
and
revealed
lights
from
the
Chazeh
downward.
He
did
this
in
the
construction
of
the
Nukva
so
that
the
illumination
of
Hochma
would
persist
in
her.
In
this
way,
the
lines
are
included
in
one
another
and
the
Hochma
clothes
in
Hassadim,
and
then
persists.
And
once
people
are
confident
that
the
Mochin
will
persist,
they
no
longer
keep
their
ways
and
sin
in
drawing
the
revealed
lights
in
the
place
above
the
Chazeh.
Then
the
Creator
turns
it
around,
the
shells
of
Moab
and
Ammon
return
to
their
places,
and
the
lights
of
the
left
bring
harsh
judgments
to
the
world.
If
people
improve
their
actions,
those
turning
stones
are
turned
to
the
right,
Hesed.
At
that
time,
the
Creator
corrects
the
turning
stones,
the
Nukva,
so
the
revealed
lights
will
shine
below
the
Chazeh,
and
then
the
Hochma
clothes
in
Hassadim
and
the
right
governs.
And
if
people
come
to
sin,
then
His
tactic,
the
ever-turning
Nukva,
now
the
Creator
turns
her
to
the
left
side.
At
that
time,
the
shells
of
Moab
and
Ammon
return
to
their
places
and
the
left
governs.
Thus,
He
turns
the
reasons
and
the
vessels
that
were
first
erected
in
the
right,
meaning
the
lights
that
are
covered
above
and
the
lights
that
are
revealed
below,
and
now
they
have
been
overturned
so
the
revealed
lights
are
above
and
the
covered
lights
are
below.
This
way
is
the
domination
of
the
left
in
harsh
judgments.
Two
separate
nations
came
out
of
Lot
and
his
daughters,
which
were
tied
to
their
proper
place.
In
other
words,
the
revealed
lights
above
the
Chazeh,
the
shell
of
Moab,
and
the
covered
lights
are
below
the
Chazeh,
the
shell
of
Ammon.
For
this
reason,
the
Creator
causes
reasons
and
turns
cycles
in
the
world,
so
that
everything
will
be
as
it
is
supposed
to
be,
to
reverse
the
order
in
the
Nukva,
which
is
called
“world,”
so
the
covered
lights
will
shine
in
her
above
and
the
revealed
below.
309)
They
themselves
gave
them
the
names
Moab
and
Ammon.
She
called
him
Moab
because
he
is
Me
Av
[from
a
father].
The
elder
said,
“In
the
strength
of
Moab,
he
is
from
my
father.”
“And
the
younger,
she
also
bore
a
son,
and
called
his
name
Ben-Ammi
[son
of
my
people].”
She
said
Ben-Ammi
in
humbleness,
but
she
did
not
say
from
whom
he
was.
310)
In
the
beginning,
it
is
written,
“And
he
did
not
know
when
she
lay
down
or
when
she
arose,”
with
a
Vav
[“arose”
in
Hebrew],
and
a
dot
over
the
Vav,
as
well.
This
indicates
that
there
was
help
from
above
in
that
deed,
for
the
Messiah
King
was
to
come
out
of
it.
This
is
why
the
word
“arose”
was
filled
with
Vav.
With
the
younger,
it
writes,
“arose”
without
the
Vav,
since
no
part
for
the
Creator
was
to
come
out
of
her,
as
with
the
elder.
This
is
why
it
writes,
“arose”
with
a
Vav
and
a
dot
over
it
only
in
the
elder.
And
although
kings
came
out
of
the
younger,
since
Naama
the
Ammonite
was
Solomon’s
wife
and
the
mother
of
Rehoboam,
David
is
the
primary,
and
he
is
the
Messiah
King.
311)
“And
he
did
not
know
when
she
lay
down
or
when
she
arose,”
meaning
he
did
not
know
that
the
Creator
was
to
raise
King
David
out
of
him,
and
King
Solomon,
and
all
the
other
kings,
and
the
Messiah
King.
It
is
written
in
Ruth,
“And
she
rose
up
before
one
could
discern
another.”
On
that
day,
she
certainly
had
rising,
since
Boaz
had
bonded
with
her
to
erect
the
name
of
the
dead
on
his
domain,
and
all
those
kings
were
established
from
her,
and
every
noble
man
in
Israel.
312)
Come
and
see
Abraham's
humility.
Even
in
the
beginning,
when
the
Creator
wished
to
execute
judgment
in
Sodom,
he
asked
for
mercy
on
them.
And
yet,
he
did
not
ask
for
mercy
on
Lot.
Afterwards
it
is
written,
“And
behold,
the
smoke
of
the
land
ascended
like
the
smoke
of
a
furnace,”
but
he
did
not
inquire
about
Lot
and
did
not
say
a
thing
about
him
to
the
Creator.
And
the
Creator,
too,
said
nothing,
so
that
Abraham
would
not
think
that
the
Creator
would
diminish
any
of
his
merit
because
of
that.
313)
Did
Abraham
have
no
regard
for
Lot
whatsoever?
After
all,
we
see
that
he
risked
his
life
to
wage
war
with
four
powerful
kings.
But
since
Abraham
loved
the
Creator
and
saw
that
Lot’s
deeds
were
not
as
proper
as
they
should
be,
Abraham
did
not
wish
for
the
Creator
to
abandon
something
of
His
own
for
him.
This
is
why
he
did
not
ask
for
mercy
for
him,
neither
in
the
beginning
nor
in
the
end.
314)
“And
Lot
went
up
from
Zoar.”
It
is
written
about
the
evil
inclination
that
it
is
never
canceled
from
people
until
that
time,
as
it
is
written,
“And
I
will
remove
the
stony
heart.”
Although
it
sees
people
sentenced
in
Hell,
it
comes
and
returns
to
people,
as
it
is
written,
“And
Lot
went
up
from
Zoar,”
from
the
Tzaar
[affliction]
of
Hell;
it
rises
from
there
to
seduce
people.
315)
There
are
three
governments
in
man:
1.
The
government
of
the
mind
and
wisdom
is
the
force
of
the
holy
soul.
2.
The
government
of
lust
lusts
after
all
the
evil
lusts.
This
is
the
force
of
lust.
3.
The
government
that
leads
people
and
sustains
the
body
is
called
the
“Nefesh
[spirit/soul]
of
the
body.”
This
is
the
sustaining
force.
316)
The
evil
inclination
always
controls
with
only
these
two
forces.
The
lusting
soul
always
chases
after
the
evil
inclination,
meaning,
as
it
is
written,
“And
the
firstborn
said
to
the
younger,
‘Our
father
is
old.’”
The
yearning
soul
awakens
the
other
and
seduces
it
with
the
body
to
cling
to
the
evil
inclination.
It
says,
“Come,
let
us
make
our
father
drink
wine,
and
we
will
lie
with
him.”
What
do
we
have
in
the
next
world?
Let
us
go
and
chase
after
the
evil
inclination
and
after
the
lusts
of
the
passions
of
this
world.
What
do
they
do?
They
both
agree
to
cling
to
him,
as
it
is
written,
“So
they
made
their
father
drink
wine,”
gorging
themselves
to
awaken
to
the
evil
inclination
with
eating
and
drinking.
317)
“And
the
firstborn
went
in
and
lay
with
her
father.”
When
a
person
lies
on
his
bed
at
night,
the
lusting
soul
is
the
one
who
awakens
to
the
evil
inclination
and
thinks
about
it,
and
it
clings
to
every
evil
thought
until
she
is
slightly
impregnated.
It
brings
that
evil
thought
into
one’s
heart,
and
she
clings
to
it.
Yet,
it
still
contemplates
and
does
not
finish
making
it
until
this
lust
awakens
the
force
of
the
body
to
cling
to
the
evil
inclination
as
before,
and
then
the
evil
is
completed,
as
it
is
written,
“Thus
both
daughters
of
Lot
became
pregnant
by
their
father.”
318)
The
evil
inclination
always
seduces
only
through
eating
and
drinking,
and
through
the
joy
of
the
wine
it
controls
the
person.
It
is
written
about
the
righteous,
“A
righteous
eats
to
satiate
himself,
and
never
becomes
drunk.”
It
is
said
about
that
wise
disciple
who
drinks,
“A
golden
nose-ring
in
the
nose
of
a
pig.”
Moreover,
“He
desecrates
the
heaven.”
What
is
the
custom
of
the
wicked?
“Behold,
joy
and
gladness.”
At
that
time,
the
wine
controls
the
person.
“Killing
oxen
and
slaughtering
sheep.”
It
is
written
about
them,
“Woe
to
those
who
rise
early
in
the
morning,
that
they
may
run
after
intoxicating
drink,”
to
awaken
the
evil
inclination,
for
the
evil
inclination
awakens
only
through
wine,
as
it
is
written,
“So
they
made
their
father
drink
wine.”
319)
It
is
written,
“And
he
did
not
know
when
she
lay
down
or
when
she
arose.”
In
other
words,
the
evil
inclination
does
not
notice
her
when
she
lies
in
this
world
and
when
she
rises
to
the
next
world.
Rather,
it
awakens
with
the
force
of
the
body
to
serve
its
lust
in
this
world.
When
the
wicked
enter
Hell,
the
evil
inclination
is
let
in
to
see
them,
as
it
is
written,
“Lot
came
to
Zoar,”
to
the
Tzaar
[affliction]
of
Hell,
and
came
out
from
there
to
test
people,
as
it
is
written,
“And
Lot
went
up
from
Zoar,”
from
the
Tzaar
of
Hell.
320)
“And
[Lot]
lived
in
the
mountain.”
The
words
“in
the
mountain”
indicate
that
he
made
his
dwelling
place
in
a
mountain.
The
body
is
as
desolate
as
a
mountain
and
there
is
no
good
in
it,
and
his
two
daughters
with
him
are
two
forces.
“For
he
was
afraid
to
live
in
Zoar.”
He
was
overcome
by
fear
and
trepidation
when
he
saw
the
affliction
of
Hell,
that
the
wicked
are
afflicted,
and
he
thought
that
he
would
be
sentenced
there.
When
he
saw
that
he
was
not
sentenced
there,
he
came
out
and
went
to
seduce
people
after
him.
321)
When
Rav
Huna
was
making
sermons
to
warn
people,
he
would
tell
them,
“My
sons,
beware
of
the
messenger
of
Hell.
And
who
is
he?
It
is
the
evil
inclination,
who
is
a
messenger
of
Hell.”
322)
Why
is
it
written,
“The
leech
has
two
daughters,
Hav,
Hav”?
These
are
two
daughters
of
Lot
who
are
the
lusting
soul
and
the
soul
that
participates
in
the
body
and
always
chases
after
the
evil
inclination.
It
is
written
about
Lot,
“For
he
was
afraid
to
live
in
Zoar.”
It
is
also
written,
“The
leech
has
two
daughters,
Hav,
Hav.”
Fear
is
leech
in
Gematria.
If
he
is
afraid,
why
did
he
come
to
mislead
people?
Indeed,
such
is
the
way
of
every
evildoer.
When
he
sees
the
evil,
he
fears
for
a
moment
and
promptly
returns
to
his
wickedness
and
fears
nothing.
This
is
so
because
when
the
evil
inclination
sees
judgment
in
the
wicked,
it
is
afraid.
When
it
goes
outside,
it
fears
nothing.
323)
It
is
written,
“And
the
firstborn
said
to
the
younger,
‘Our
father
is
old.’”
What
is
“our
father
is
old”?
It
is
the
evil
inclination,
who
is
called
“old,”
as
it
is
written,
“a
foolish
old
king.”
He
is
old,
for
he
is
born
along
with
the
person.
That
lusting
soul
says
to
the
other
one,
“Our
father
is
old,
let
us
chase
after
him
and
cling
to
him,”
as
do
all
the
wicked
ones
in
the
world.
“There
is
not
a
man
on
earth
to
come
in
to
us.
There
is
not
a
righteous
man
on
earth,
no
man
who
controls
his
inclination.
There
are
many
wicked
ones
in
the
land,
we
are
not
the
only
wicked
ones,
let
us
do
what
everyone
on
earth
does—that
they
are
wicked—for
until
today,
it
has
been
the
way
of
all
the
earth.
Therefore,
let
us
make
our
father
drink
wine,
rejoice
in
this
world,
eat
and
drink,
and
satiate
ourselves
with
wine
and
cling
to
our
father
with
the
evil
inclination,
and
lay
with
him.”
And
the
spirit
of
holiness
screams
and
says,
“These,
too,
reel
with
wine
and
stagger
from
intoxicating
drink.”
324)
It
is
written,
“So
they
made
their
father
drink
wine.”
The
way
of
the
wicked
is
to
follow
the
wine,
pamper
the
evil
inclination
and
awaken
it.
And
while
he
was
happy
in
his
drunkenness,
lying
in
his
bed,
promptly,
“And
the
firstborn
went
in
and
lay
with
her
father.”
She
joined
with
him,
and
was
lusting
and
thinking
all
the
bad
thoughts,
and
the
evil
inclination
connected
with
her
and
clung
to
him,
and
he
did
not
notice
her,
what
it
is
from
here,
as
it
is
written,
“He
did
not
know
when
she
lay
down
or
when
she
arose.”
“When
she
lay
down,”
in
this
world;
“when
she
arose,”
in
the
future
[end
of
correction].
“When
she
lay
down,”
in
the
next
world,
when
she
is
held
accountable.
“When
she
arose,”
for
the
judgment
day,”
as
it
is
written,
“And
many
of
those
who
sleep
in
the
dust
of
the
earth
shall
awake.”
In
none
of
these
matters,
the
evil
inclination
does
not
notice
her,
but
clings
to
her,
and
she
clings
to
it.
Afterwards,
she
awakens
another
one.
Once
the
great
contemplation
adheres
to
the
evil
inclination,
the
other
one
comes
and
clings
to
it.
325)
“So
they
made
their
father
drink
wine”
to
awaken
the
evil
inclination,
and
she
clung
to
him.
Then
the
evil
deed
is
completed
and
they
are
both
impregnated
by
the
evil
inclination,
as
it
is
written,
“Thus
both
daughters
of
Lot
became
pregnant
by
their
father,”
until
their
deeds
were
carried
out.
One
gave
birth
to
wickedness,
and
the
other
gave
birth
to
wickedness.
Such
is
the
way
of
the
wicked
concerning
the
evil
inclination,
until
it
kills
a
person
and
leads
him
to
Hell,
and
admits
him
into
it.
Afterwards,
it
rises
from
there
to
seduce
people.
One
who
knows
it
is
saved
from
it
and
does
not
bond
with
it.
326)
It
is
like
a
band
of
robbers
lurking
on
the
roads
to
rob
and
kill
people.
They
send
one
of
them
who
knows
how
to
lure
people
and
whose
speech
is
soft.
He
moves
ahead
to
greet
them
and
becomes
as
a
slave
before
them,
until
the
fools
believe
in
him
and
trust
his
love
and
words,
and
are
glad
about
him.
He
leads
them
through
his
sleek
words
to
the
road
where
the
robbers
are,
and
when
he
arrives
there
with
them,
he
is
the
first
to
kill
them
once
he
places
them
in
the
hands
of
the
robbers
to
kill
them
and
take
their
money.
They
yell
and
say,
“Woe,
for
we
obeyed
the
evil
inclination
and
the
smoothness
of
his
tongue.”
After
they
kill
them,
he
rises
from
there
and
goes
out
to
lure
people
as
before.
The
smart
ones,
when
they
see
him
coming
out
toward
them
and
enticing
them,
they
know
him,
that
he
is
hunting
their
souls.
They
kill
him
and
walk
by
another
way.
Such
is
the
evil
inclination,
emerging
from
the
band
of
robbers,
rising
from
Hell
to
greet
people
and
seduce
them
with
his
sleek
and
sweet
words,
as
it
is
written,
“And
Lot
went
up
from
Zoar,
and
lived
in
the
mountain.”
Like
robbers,
lurking
for
people,
it
passes
before
them,
and
the
fools
believe
in
him
and
in
his
love,
for
he
is
going
to
seduce
them
and
serves
them
like
a
slave,
giving
them
beautiful
forbidden
women,
giving
them
people
to
harm,
removes
from
them
the
burden
of
Torah
and
the
burden
of
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
The
fools
see
this,
trust
his
love
until
he
walks
with
them
and
leads
them
to
the
road
where
the
robbers
are,
the
road
to
Hell,
and
there
is
no
way
to
veer
off
to
the
right
or
to
the
left.
When
he
comes
there
with
them,
he
is
the
first
to
kill
them
and
becomes
for
them
the
angel
of
death.
He
admits
them
into
Hell,
angels
of
destruction
are
brought
down
to
them,
and
they
cry
out
and
say,
“Woe,
for
we
obeyed
the
evil
inclination,”
meaning
they
regret,
but
it
does
not
help
them
since
regret
and
repentance
help
only
during
life
and
not
after
death.
Afterwards,
he
rises
from
there
and
comes
out
to
seduce
people.
The
smart
ones,
when
they
see
him,
they
recognize
him
and
overcome
him
until
they
control
him.
They
veer
off
from
that
road,
and
take
another
road
so
as
to
be
saved
from
him.
327)
When
Rav
Joseph
went
down
to
Babel,
he
saw
unmarried
lads
coming
and
going
among
beautiful
women
without
sinning.
He
told
them,
“Are
you
not
afraid
of
the
evil
inclination?”
They
replied,
“We
do
not
come
from
a
mixture
of
evil;
we
are
carved
from
the
holy
of
holies.”
In
other
words,
they
told
him
that
their
parents
had
no
foreign
thoughts
while
they
were
carved
off
their
blood,
but
sacred
and
holy
thoughts.
This
is
why
they
were
not
afraid
of
the
evil
inclination.
328)
Anyone
who
enters
the
city
and
sees
beautiful
women
will
lower
his
eyes
and
say,
“I
am
carved
off
important
parents.”
The
hard
obstacle,
the
shell,
brings
thoughts
of
women;
“Leave!
Leave
me,
for
it
is
a
holy
fruit
of
the
Sabbath,
born
from
a
coupling
of
the
Sabbath,
when
the
shells
have
no
hold
in
the
offspring
of
the
coupling
of
the
Sabbath.”
One
who
enters
the
city
must
say
this
whisper
because
the
warmth
of
the
weariness
of
the
road
governs
him,
and
thus
the
evil
inclination
can
rule
over
him.