Editing Yetzer Tov (section)

== Origin of the Name ==
The Yetzer Tov is not mentioned in the Torah, and on the contrary, only the Yetzer Hara is mentioned. However, in the Midrash it is mentioned that "The Holy One, blessed be He, created two inclinations: one good inclination and one evil inclination." It is also mentioned that unlike the Yetzer Hara which accompanies a person from birth, the Yetzer Tov arrives at Bar Mitzvah. In Avos D'Rabbi Nasan it states: "They said that for thirteen years the Yetzer Hara is greater than the Yetzer Tov. From a person's mother's womb it grows and comes with him... after thirteen years the Yetzer Tov is born."

Furthermore, the Rambam writes in his book:<blockquote>"And after they explained to us that the Yetzer Hara is the 'Satan' and he is an 'angel', without doubt - I mean to say, that he is also called an 'angel', because he is among the 'sons of G-d' - so too the Yetzer Tov is truly an 'angel'; if so, this concept well-known in the words of our Sages of blessed memory, that every person is accompanied by 'two angels' - one on his right and one on his left - they are the 'Yetzer Tov' and the 'Yetzer Hara'"

— Part 3, Chapter 22, in a slightly different translation (Rav Kapach)</blockquote>