“ויאמר משה זה הדבר אשר צוה ה' תעשו וירא אליכם כבוד ה'” (ט ו)
Chazal (Toras Kohanim 9 6) explain this passuk as follows: “Moshe said to Am Yisrael: You should banish that yetzer hara from your heart, and you will all have the same yirah and the same idea to serve Hashem...if you do so, ‘Veyeira Aleichem kevod Hashem.”
And we need to understand, what is “oso yetzer hara” that Am Yisrael was commanded to banish from their hearts?
The Chiddushei Hari”m explained: Every person has a special job for which he is created, and it behooves him to complete that purpose. But at the same time, the yetzer hara makes it very difficult for him and works to thwart him from fulfilling his purpose. Because only the person himself knows his nature and the unique yetzer hara that he has, therefore Moshe said to Bnei Yisrael: “that yetzer hara” the special one for each and every one of you “banish from your hearts” and by doing so you will merit “veyeira aleichem kevod Hashem.”
There is a question that arises from the nusach of the Yehi Ratzon that we say in the brachah of Hama’avir Sheinah: After we ask “v’al tashlet banu yetzer hara,” we then ask “vechof es yitzreinu lehishtabed Lach.” Why is this?
First, we ask that the yetzer hara should not control us – referring to the general yetzer hara, and then we ask about “yitzreinu” – the special yetzer that is unique to each one of us, that Hashem should subject him to avodas Hashem.
Imrei Hari”m; Telalei Oros – Shnayim Mikra in the name of Imrei Dovid
