## Tzava'at HaRivash Chapter 9

###### Tzava'at HaRivash 9:1
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ואם יבאו לו תאוות עוה"ז ירחיק מחשבתו ויבזה התאוה עד שיהי' שנאוי ומאוס אצלו וירגיז יצ"ט על היצה"ר ותאוותו. ובזה יכניעם.

**The Way of The Baal Shem Tov. Adapted into English by Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel, 2020:**
If an extraneous thought of the lusts of this world comes upon you, distance it from your thoughts. Scorn the lust until it becomes hateful and despicable to you. Moreover, incite your good inclination against your evil inclination and its lusts. Through this you will subdue them.¹⁷

footnotes:
¹⁷ Talmud Bavli, Brachot 5a.


###### Tzava'at HaRivash 9:2
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ושלא יהי' לו עצבות כלל כשלא יהי' לו תאוות עוה"ז. אלא אדרבא ישמח מאד. במה שהוא זוכה להכניע תאוותו לשם כבוד הבורא יתברך כמ"ש חז"ל ושמחים ביסורים.

**The Way of The Baal Shem Tov. Adapted into English by Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel, 2020:**
Now, if you no longer have any of the lusts of this world, do not at all be sad. On the contrary, you should rejoice greatly in having merited to subdue your lusts for the sake of the Name and glory of *HaShem,* the Creator, blessed is He, as our sages, of blessed memory, stated,¹⁸ “And they are joyful in suffering.”

footnotes:
¹⁸ Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 88b.


###### Tzava'at HaRivash 9:3
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בזה כאשר לא ימשך אחר תאותו אפילו במחשבה ויבזה אותה ויכניע מאד הקליפות כמ"ש בזוהר ובר לבב דלא אמשיך לרעותיה ולבי' בתר ב"א.

**The Way of The Baal Shem Tov. Adapted into English by Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel, 2020:**
Thus, when you are not drawn after your lusts, even in thought, but instead scorn such thoughts, you greatly lower and subdue the external husks of evil (*Kelipot*). This is as stated in Zohar,¹⁹ “‘A pure heart’²⁰ refers to someone who does not draw his desire and heart to the side of evil (*Sitra Achara*).”

footnotes:
¹⁹ Zohar Vol. 1, 100b.
²⁰ Psalms 24:4