21:10 י כִּי-תֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה, עַל-אֹיְבֶיךָ;
וּנְתָנוֹ יְ ר וָ ר אֱלֹ קֶיךָ, בְּיָדֶךָ--וְשָׁבִיתָ שִׁבְיוֹ The
Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh says this is a Remez of a person’s constant battle with
the Yeitzer Hora. The usual idea is that when we do battle with the Yeitzer
Hora we need help from Hashem. Our job is to go out to do battle and hope that
Hashem will help us in the battle with the Yeitzer Hora.
Rav Gifter added a beautiful thought. It says כִּי-תֵצֵא
לַמִּלְחָמָה, עַל-אֹיְבֶיךָ; וּנְתָנוֹ the word אֹיְבֶיךָ
means many enemies, and וּנְתָנוֹ
יְ ר וָ ר אֱלֹ קֶיךָ
Unisanoi is in the singular, and
Hashem will give him into your hands.
Why the change from plural (going out to battle)to singular(being
victorious in battle)?
Rav Gifter said, we try to Daven and we try to learn, we
have many things that the Yeitzer Hora puts in our way. Some days he has us worrying
about Parnasah and that distracts us from our Davening and Learning. Sometimes
he tells us that we are very tired and we have a hard time staying up. Sometimes
he makes us feel meaningless. Our Davening is meaningless. We have many enemies.
We fight fatigue when we want to learn. We fight the business thoughts that
come into our minds when we want to Daven Shemoneh Esrei. We fight the many
distractions that exist. When you finally fight the Yeitzer Hora you realize it
is all Narishkaitin. The Yeitzer Hora finds many things to throw in your way.
It is one Yeitzer Hora. It is all about distracting us. After the distraction
of Shemoneh Esrei he will find something else to throw at you. It doesn’t get
easier. Something else then comes up. It is a roadblock that he puts up for
you. When you finally do battle you realize it is all one Yeitzer Hora.
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