אות - קיג

Now it is easier to withstand temptation — for the earlier generations who withstood temptation already broke the power of this particular kelipah of that desire so greatly, that now it is easy to withstand temptation, and even a completely simple man can now withstand temptation. And therefore our Sages o.b.m. said (Sanhedrin 19b): "The strength of Yosef is the humility of Boaz."