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One Should Constantly View Himself as Half Innocent and Half Guilty

Our Sages (Kiddushin 40b) teach us that one should always view himself as half innocent and half guilty. If one performs one Mitzvah, one...

Losing Hope of Repenting

The verse in Kohelet (11:9) states: “Rejoice young man in your youth and let your heart cheer you up in your adolescence and walk in the...

Atonement for Sin, Torah Study, and Sinners in Our Generation

In the previous Halacha we have discussed four varying levels of sin. We have also pointed out that there are some sins for which one...

Parashat Ki Tetze

For the Jewish People to succeed in battle they must first be free of the sin or murder, followed by Faith and Trust in Hashem, and then...

Various Categories of Atonement

The month of Elul, which we currently find ourselves in, is a time for repentance, forgiveness, and atonement, as we have already...

Natan Tzutzita

Maran zt”l was quite fond of the following story because it illustrates how great the level of one who distances himself from sin and...

Repentance Among the Nations of the World

Question: Last Thursday, we discussed the concept that repentance is a novel idea Hashem granted to the Jewish nation. Does the concept...

So We May Refrain from the Injustice of Our Hands

During the Ne’ilah prayer, the prayer that culminates all the Days of Awe recited towards the conclusion of Yom Kippur, we state: “And...

The Mitzvah of Teshuva (Repentance)

The Mitzvah of Confession The Rambam writes (in the beginning of his Hilchot Teshuva) that if one transgresses any of the Torah’s...

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