Dragging the Yeitzer Hara Into the Bais Medrash

Dragging the Yeitzer Hara Into the Bais Medrash:

The Kotzker Rebbe zy”a asks why we are told to drag the yeitzer hara into the bais medrash. Wouldn’t it be better for us to run into the bais medrash and to leave him outside? He answers that the yeitzer hara follows us wherever we go. It is impossible to get away from it. It even follows us into the bais medrash. However: “The yeitzer hara in shul is not the same as the yeitzer hara in the street. It is more eidel (refined).”

We drag the yeitzer hara into the bais medrash because it is more refined there and not as dangerous as it is when it is in the street.