ערלת לבבכם. דרש רב עוירא ואיתימא ר' יהושע בן לוי, משה קראו ליצה"ר ערל, שנאמר ומלתם את ערלת לבבכם
English: Rav Avira expounded, and some say R’ Yehoshua ben Levi: Moshe called the evil inclination “orlah,” as it is said, “You shall circumcise the orlah of your heart.”
On the daf / in context: Sukkah 52a.
Type of Learning
Custom (yetzer hara as orlah)
What Is Learned
The heart’s “orlah” names the yetzer’s clinginess; milah of the heart is its removal.