One word can change your life! ("Instead")

ysep was given a very difficult Temptation somehow he mustered up the courage to hold back from sitting together with Po's wife where did he get that strength so listen to this rather than focusing on reasons why he shouldn't be sinning what he actually focused on was his desire to not sin you see the difference he wasn't focusing on problems or reasons why he should refrain from the problem he focused on what he wanted instead of that problem it says V he held back and then there were reasons why he held back but the term V has what's called a shal shelis which is an unusual cancellation note it only appears several times in the Torah but it represents like a full stop he held back there's no reason or explanation it was what he wanted he focused what he wanted instead of the problem rather than trying to address the problem itself he identified a deeper sense of self