{"id":11655,"date":"2025-12-11T18:24:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T18:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=11655"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:00:27","slug":"the-mightiest-of-the-mighty","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-mightiest-of-the-mighty\/","title":{"rendered":"273. The Mightiest of the Mighty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cWho is the mightiest of the mighty? He who makes his foe his friend\u201d (<em>Avot<\/em>&nbsp;<em>de Rabbi Natan<\/em>, Chapter 23).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In ethics, we should interpret that \u201cmighty\u201d is \u201cone who conquers his inclination\u201d (<em>Avot<\/em>, Chapter 4). That is, he works with the good inclination and subdues the evil inclination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mightiest of the mighty is one who works also with the evil inclination, as our sages said, \u201cWith all your heart\u2014with both your inclinations\u201d (<em>Berachot<\/em>&nbsp;54), where the evil inclination, too, serves the Creator. It follows that he makes his foe, the evil inclination, his friend. And since the evil inclination is also serving the Creator, it follows that here he has more work, for which he is called \u201cthe mightiest of the mighty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWho is the mightiest of the mighty? He who makes his foe his friend\u201d (Avot&nbsp;de Rabbi Natan, Chapter 23). 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