We have spoken about how “love” can save from the Yetzer Hara (alluded in the Passuk: נַשְׁ קוּ בַ ר פֶ ן יֶאֱ נַף תהלים ב יב kiss your son, lest he get mad) and Torah is also called: אַ הֲ בָ ה love (as we say: אַ הֲ בָ ה רַ בָ ה or: אַ הֲ בַ ת עוֹלָ ם which is the Bracha in which we thank Hashem for giving us the Torah) and indeed, the Rambam says that learning Torah saves from Arayos. The love of learning saves from all kinds of sins, especially Arayos. (It is interesting that Eliezer put jewelry on Rivka that symbolized Aseres HaDibros and the two Luchos). When you have TRUE: אַ הֲ בָ ה love in your life, then you are: נִ יצָ ל saved from the fake “loves” of the Yetzer Hara.
When the Rambam says that the only way to conquer the Yetzer Hara of Arayos is through learning Torah, he brings the Passuk: בְׁ אַ הֲ בָ תָ הּ תִ שְׁ גֶה תָ מִ יד משלי ה יט Be intoxicated with your obsession for Torah, and constantly involved in the love of Torah. In a practical sense, this means to “Ligg” (be absorbed) in learning, and learn with Hasmada. This is strikingly similar to: וְׁרִ בְׁ קָ ה אֹ הֶ בֶ ת אֶ ת יַעֲ קֹ ב Rivka loves Yaakov, which is a Lashon of a constant love.
People complain about how their learning isn’t saving them from their Yetzer Hara. Maybe they have to be more intense, like always giving Chaburos (informal Shiurim)? The more you are involved in learning, the more you are basking in Hashem’s love for you.
Of course, those who never had proper love in their younger years, and/or those who have learning difficulties, are way ahead of everyone else, despite their Ne'filos. Even at their lower Madregos, they are the true heroes, especially if they are always trying to improve and are not Mya'esh.
They are Mamash like Malachim, since they are like a flower without sunshine, and a car without gas. Their very existence is Nisei Nissim, and Shlomo said about them: לֵ ב יוֹדֵ עַ מָ רַֹ ת נַפְׁ שוֹ וּבְׁ שִ מְׁ חָ תוֹ ל ֹא יִתְׁ עָ רַ ב זָר משלי יד י You may feel alone and not understood in your hardship, but when the Yeshua comes the intense joy will be felt by you alone. Aderaba, the worse your problems are, the happier you should be.
