QUESTION:
Yosef HaTzaddik was also able to avoid sinning with Potiphar’s wife by picturing the image of his father Yaakov in front of him, which provided him with a burst of extra kedushah (holiness) to withstand temptation. What should a woman do in order to prevent herself from giving in to temptations and into a bad environment around her?
ANSWER:
The Talmud Yerushalmi says that Yosef also saw the image of his mother Rachel in front of him, which also aided him in avoiding the temptation. Just as a man can avoid sinning by remembering the image of his father and mother [if they were G-d fearing, righteous people whom he would be ashamed sinning in front of them], so can this help for a woman, because by doing so she connects herself to her root.
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