וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה זֶ֧ה הַדָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ וְיֵרָ֥א אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם כְּב֥וֹד יְהוָֽה׃
Moses said: “This is what יהוה has commanded that you do, that the Presence of יהוה may appear to you.”
And behold, it is taught in the Medrash -
ובזה תבין מדרש ויאמר משה זה הדבר אשר צוה ה' תעשו וירא אליכם כבוד ה', אמר להן משה לישראל אותו יצר הרע תעב[י]רו מלבבכם וגו
Moses said: “This is what יהוה has commanded that you do, that the Presence of יהוה may appear to you.” - Moshe is telling over to Israel, this Evil inclination, remove it from your hearts!
Another question - What connection does this Medrash have to our opening verse and the above question of 'What thing is HaShem telling Moses to do'?
And one who slaughters an animal on Shabbat. (The Gemara asks: As there was no slaughter necessary for construction of the Tabernacle), one who slaughters an animal, due to what prohibited labor is he liable? Rav said: He is liable due to dyeing, as in the course of the slaughter the hide is dyed with blood. And Shmuel said: He is liable due to taking a life.
שוחט משום מאי מיחייב - לאו אשוחט דמתני' קאי דההוא פשיטא דלא הוי אלא משום נטילת נשמה דצובע תנן בהדיא במתני' אלא אשוחט דעלמא קאי:
This is not talking about the same slaughterer we learned about earlier (in the Mishna).... Rather its talking about any slaughterer in general.
כִּדְדָרֵשׁ רַבִּי יְהוּדָה: לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא, מְבִיאוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְיֵצֶר הָרָע, וְשׁוֹחֲטוֹ בִּפְנֵי הַצַּדִּיקִים וּבִפְנֵי הָרְשָׁעִים
The Gemara answers: This can be understood as Rabbi Yehuda taught: In the future, at the end of days, God will bring the evil inclination and slaughter it in the presence of the righteous and in the presence of the wicked.
So the Holy Baal Shem Tov, may his merit be upon us, teaches -
"The matter here is that the evil inclination agitates humans to chase after their temptations. He then sees that Israel acts in an elevated way, and they don't accept his words, so what does he do? He colors his words and makes himself appear to be promoting something that is a commandment or a good reality!
However, in truth, he was created to tempt humans to sin, and violate the will of The Creator, and NOT to appear as righteous, and a good reality that disguises/colors sins as good, and justifies them as commandments and good deeds. And because of this the evil inclination will be found guilty and punished in the future to come. And now we can explain the Talmud from above when it asks why is the slaughter liable? And the Tosfot then says we are talking about slaughters in general. Over here there is a hint referring to the evil inclination who slaughters the whole world and corrupts pure souls via seducing them into a world of sin of missing the point.
So - when the Talmud is wondering why is he liable, isn't this is what he was created for? We then see the answer is that he is liable for dying, as if to say that he is coming in the visage of the inclination of goodness, and he is really dying/coloring his face as if this reality he is pitching really is good.. and then this is why Shmuel (above in the Talmud) says his opinion that the evil inclination is liable due to taking a life. He is considered taking a life because he is successful in tripping up humanity in missing the point, and from this humanity gets disconnected from its pure soul. And for this he was NOT created. Therefor he is liable in regards to his mission here."
Until here are his Holy words.
כׇּל הַגָּדוֹל מֵחֲבֵירוֹ — יִצְרוֹ גָּדוֹל הֵימֶנּוּ.
Anyone who is greater than another, his evil inclination is greater than his.
