Reply To: Why do we seclude ourselves from the world around us?

There was a bet between the sun and the wind who can take off the coat of an individual. We can look at the coat as being religious, not mixing with those who influence us against Torah’s teachings, The yetzer horah, bad inclination, can have different effects on different people. For some he is like the wind, the more he pushes the individual to do bad, he strengthens himself to overcome the yetzer horah’s influence and keep his coat on, whereas for most of us, he behaves like the sun taking his coat off and giving up his religion. Since we don’t know what the effect will be, we must watch ourselves from groups that influence us against the Torah’s teachings.