The case of the יפת תואר, the woman taken captive, is referred to a situation of דיברה תורה כנגד יצר הרע, that the Torah spoke opposite one’s evil inclination.

The Torah is showing an awareness of the struggles an individual has, in battling the Yeitzer Hara. The temptation to take the beautiful and vulnerable captive woman is so great, that a procedure had to be devised to minimize the damage. The Rabbis acknowledged that without this........

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