Your True Purpose: Fighting Your Inner Evil With the Power & Light of Torah - Rabbi Yitzchak Botton

Описание: In this compelling lesson by Rabbi Yitzchak Botton, we explore the inner “Odd Couple” — the body and the soul — their original unity, the rupture caused by sin, and the ongoing struggle between the evil inclination (yetzer hara) and the neshamah. Through deep Torah insights, Kabbalistic metaphors (glass-skin, Michelangelos of creation), and the role of intellectual soul and Torah as a bridge, Rabbi Botton teaches how one can reconcile body and soul and live in harmony. In times of spiritual conflict — especially in the current milieu influencing Israel and the Jewish world — this message resonates with urgency: the battle is internal, and our weapon is wisdom, mitzvot, and connection to Hashem.

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Life's Purpose: Winning the Inner Battle Good &Evil With the Power & Light of Torah

1. Introduction: The “Odd Couple” of Body & Soul

Main ideas in this section:

Analogy to the TV show The Odd Couple

Original harmony of body + soul

The breakup after sin

The conflict between internal partners

2. The Pre-Sin State: Transparent Unity

Main ideas:

The body before sin was like glass / transparent

No concealment; the neshamah fully illuminated

Body and soul radiant together

The concept of “great light” & “small light”

3. The Rupture: Sin and Concealment

Main ideas:

After the sin, body and soul become enemies

The body covers, conceals, even imprisons the soul

The meaning of ’world’ (olam) as “concealment”

The evil inclination (yetzer hara) enters

4. Creation Text Hints: Heaven, Earth, and Separation

Main ideas:

Genesis opening: “Heaven and Earth” as soul/body

The Hebrew “vav” (ו) separating heaven and earth

Hidden messaging in the Torah text

The spiritual hint of separation built into creation narrative

5. Darkness & Disorder: The Human Condition

Main ideas:

“Earth was darkness” as internal disorder

At birth, the yetzer hara rules under darkness

The good inclination (yetzer tov) hovers but is not yet active

Spiritual infancy; imbalance inside a person

6. The Light of Torah: Restoration of Harmony

Main ideas:

God creates “light” — metaphor for Torah

Torah as the tool to push away darkness

Bar Mitzvah brings full soul into the person

The intellectual soul as mediator

7. The Battle: Soul vs Evil Inclination

Main ideas:

The soul enters too late; the yetzer hara already entrenched

The uphill struggle to regain control

Slow, patient education via Torah and mitzvot

The false lie of suffering vs the true joy of godly living

8. The Goal: Unity of Body and Soul

Main ideas:

Torah’s purpose: reconcile body & soul

Using the world with Hashem’s blessing

True suffering is denying one’s essence

Harmonious life: both this world and the next

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