See the story about Adam and Eve. There after they ate and were kicked out of the Garden of Eden there were set there fiery angles with swords to guard the pass so that Adam and Eve would not be able to get to the Tree of Life.
But one of the most severe mistakes is walking away from the yeshiva world. That is what you would call the Lithuanian kind of yeshiva world. That is not to say all these yeshivas are perfect. But more or less when one is a part of them I was walking in the way of the Torah in the most simple basic way that was understood by the rishonim. Walking away from that even to join what one thinks were better groups is the result of the power given to the devil to make things glittery and seem full of light when they are in fact full of darkness.
But the Devil never tries the tactic of telling people "Come and let's do a sin." It is always "Let's do a mitzvah." The Devil tries to get one to walk away from Torah by telling him that some other alternative group is keeping Torah so much better. They have so much more life and and so much more strict etc. And they are doing it so much more faithfully. In spite of this knowledge, after one leaves he can't get back to the straight and simple path of learning and keeping Torah.
But one of the most severe mistakes is walking away from the yeshiva world. That is what you would call the Lithuanian kind of yeshiva world. That is not to say all these yeshivas are perfect. But more or less when one is a part of them I was walking in the way of the Torah in the most simple basic way that was understood by the rishonim. Walking away from that even to join what one thinks were better groups is the result of the power given to the devil to make things glittery and seem full of light when they are in fact full of darkness.
But the Devil never tries the tactic of telling people "Come and let's do a sin." It is always "Let's do a mitzvah." The Devil tries to get one to walk away from Torah by telling him that some other alternative group is keeping Torah so much better. They have so much more life and and so much more strict etc. And they are doing it so much more faithfully. In spite of this knowledge, after one leaves he can't get back to the straight and simple path of learning and keeping Torah.
