- Zohar
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- Vayishlach
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- Verses
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- 76
76. They all come to hover about the world and seduce MEN. They occupy deserted places, infertile fields NOT FIT FOR SOWING, and wasted deserts. They are all from the Side of Defilement. We have learned that the Spirit of Defilement comes from the corrupt serpent, WHICH IS LILIT. It is a very spirit of uncleanness that is appointed in the world to seduce people to it to him. Thus, the Evil Inclination gains mastery over the world.
76. כֻּלְּהוּ סָלְקִין וְשָׁאטִין בְּעַלְמָא לְאַסְטָאָה, וְאִתְמַנּוּן בְּדוּכְתֵּי דְּאִתְחֲרִיבוּ, וּבְחַקְלִין תַּקִּיפִין, וּבְמַדְבְּרִין חֲרֵיבִין. וְכֻלְּהוּ מִסִּטְרֵי רוּחַ מְסָאֲבָא. וְהָא אִתְּמָר, דְּהָא רוּחַ מְסָאֲבָא דְאַתְיָא מִנָּחָשׁ עֲקִימָאָה, אִיהוּ רוּחַ מְסָאֲבָא מַמָּשׁ. וְאִיהוּ אִתְמַנָּא בְּעַלְמָא, לְאַסְטָאָה בַּר נָשׁ לְגַבֵּיהּ, וְעַל דָּא יֵצֶר הָרָע שַׁלִּיט בְּעַלְמָא.