July 9, 2022; Tamuz 10, 5782
Parsha “Therefore the rulers said, ‘let us enter into Cheshbon…’ (Numbers 21:27).”
The Gemorah in Bava Basra 78b provides the following interpretation of this Pasuk: “Therefore the rulers - of their [evil] inclinations said, ‘Come and consider the [Cheshbon or] accounting of the world – which is the [small] loss incurred by doing a Mitzva versus the [large] gain earned through it, and the [small] gain obtained by doing an Avaira versus the [large] loss incurred through it...”