DEUT1589 Nevertheless, with all its strength pulling a person to sin, the evil desire can be overcome. Man is given the ability through the Torah to overcome the desire. And lest a Jew might think that keeping the Torah and thereby overcoming the evil desire is too difficult and beyond man's capability, the Torah [this and following verses] specifically reminds us that the Torah is not in the heaven and on the other side of the ocean, that is, beyond man's reach, but it is in man's power to observe it. Almost at the end of the Torah, after listing nearly every commandment, the Torah assures man that the choice is still his [Deuteronomy 30:15, 19], and that he can go in either direction.