[Avodah] Yetzer HoRa Issues - warning - - Long Post

[David Riceman]

From: "Micha Berger" <micha at aishdas.org>

> The Rambam here, where he does speak closer to our topic is more like 
> ruchnius vs
> gashmius than passion vs intellect.

But see Hakdamah to Perek Helek, tr. Kafih, p. 178, column 1, where he 
demonstrates that people have a spiritual nature (1) because they prefer 
honor to physical pleasure, and (2) because they abandon physical pleasure 
to get revenge.  Both are examples of ruhniyus which is bad.

David Riceman