Battle Plans

How to Combat the Yetzer Hara combines the dazzling scholarship of Rabbanit Tsipora Heller with the brilliant writing of Sara Yokheved Rigler. Battle Plans transforms the profound wisdom of the Maharal, the Ramchal, and the great Masters of the Hasidic and Mussar movements into a practical, easy-to-implement guide. To facilitate understanding of the various concepts discussed, this book is enriched with true and edifying stories, as well as concrete examples.

This book includes 54 "battle plans," showing us how to fight the yetzer hara in its many forms: sadness, anger, laziness, desire, resentment, greed, worry, jealousy, selfishness, intellectual doubt, and more. The authors share their extensive erudition, combined with a profound and insightful understanding of human nature and life, to impart effective strategies for overcoming the enemy within. We learn to identify the yetzer hara, even when it appears in disguise, and to say "no!" to it.
The "Quick Rescue Guide," provided at the end of the book, directs the reader to the specific battle plan that will allow them to best defend themselves against the virulent and specific type of attack from the yetzer hara (evil inclination) they are experiencing. Armed with Battle Plans and the will to overcome, we can break free from the negative tendencies, harmful habits, and narrow limitations that have plagued our lives for so long. Battle Plans is sure to find its place in every French-speaking Jewish home and library.