Mastering the Evil Inclination

וימאן ויאמר כו’ הן אדוני כו’ ולא חשך כו’ כי אם אותך כו’ את אשתו כו’. יש ללמוד מזה איך להשמר מיצה”ר ע”י ישוב הדעת שהקב”ה מסר הכל. לרשות האדם. אף כי הי’ ברשותו שלא להיות כח לאדם לעשות נגד רצונו. רק בטובו מסר הכל להאדם רק שיקבל האדם על עצמו עול מלכותו ית’. ומזה עצמו צריך ליפול בושה על האדם שלא יוכל לעשות נגד רצון הקב”ה רק לעשות הכל לש”ש לברר שמלכותך מלכות כל עולמים כנ”ל. והבן. וישוב הדעת הנ”ל בא ע”י שוימאן מקודם בלי טעם וימאן ויאמר כנ”ל:

וַיְמָאֵ֓ן ׀ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־אֵ֣שֶׁת אֲדֹנָ֔יו הֵ֣ן אֲדֹנִ֔י לֹא־יָדַ֥ע אִתִּ֖י מַה־בַּבָּ֑יִת וְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יֶשׁ־ל֖וֹ נָתַ֥ן בְּיָדִֽי׃ But he refused. He said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me here, my master gives no thought to anything in this house, and all that he owns he has placed in my hands. (Bereishis 39:8) אֵינֶ֨נּוּ גָד֜וֹל בַּבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּה֮ מִמֶּ֒נִּי֒ וְלֹֽא־חָשַׂ֤ךְ מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙ מְא֔וּמָה כִּ֥י אִם־אוֹתָ֖ךְ בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתְּ־אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֨יךְ אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֜ה הָרָעָ֤ה הַגְּדֹלָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את וְחָטָ֖אתִי לֵֽאלֹהִֽים׃ He wields no more authority in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except yourself, since you are his wife. How then could I do this most wicked thing, and sin before God?” We need to learn from this dialogue how a person guards himself from the evil inclination. It is through the level headedness realizing that HaShem (My master) has given him everything. (Just as Yosef said that his master has given everything to Yosef). For everything is given to man, even though HaShem could have created man in a way that he could not do anything against the will of HaShem, nevertheless He has given us the ability to go against Him, in order that we accept the Yoke of Heaven. This in turn should give us a sense of embarrassment, that a person should feel that he is not able to go against the will of haShem, rather everything that one does should be for the sake of Heaven, to clarify His dominion is the true kinship of the worlds. As above. and understand this idea. This sense of level headedness comes only through first refusing, without any reasoning, first a refusal as the pasuk states “and he refused” (and only subsequently) “And he said” (The realization of his responsibility).