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Sexual temptation result mainly from depression.

Therefore, you should make every effort to be joyful always.

The Rebbe said, “ Un afilu as me-falt in a blutte arein, shreit men, un meh shreit un meh shreit – Even when one falls into mud and mire and it is difficult to get out, one screams and screams and screams.” 202 This quotation is most probably the fragment in Alim LeTerufah #337. The Rebbe then raised his hands slightly and said no more.

The Rebbe then spoke about the disturbing thoughts that often trouble a person in this area. He quoted the Talmudic maxim, “Trouble is bad enough when it comes” ( Berakhot 9b) , adding, “One should not be disturbed by this, before or after.”