According to the Law, the desire to do good, yetzer ha tov, develops later in life (think age 12) than the yetzer ra (man's basic animal nature that can easily be corrupted into yetzer ha ra.) However, the later emergence of the yetzer ha tov is not to suggest that it is a less natural or less human trait. Rather, it is to be seen as a fundamental, intrinsic mark of basic goodness that humans share with the Creator Of All Worlds. Through the yetzer ha tov, the yetzer ha ra is mastered and subdued.
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