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Project Likkutei Sichos — Acharei Mos 5782

Выпуск: Project Likkutei Sichos — Acharei Mos 5782. Темы: family_education. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה. Sicha Summary Chelek 17 | Acharei | Sicha 2 The Talmud: Tractate Yoma, which discusses the day of Yom Kippur, concludes with the following passage: The school of Rabbi Yishmael taught: One who sees (an emission of) seed on Yom Kippur should be concerned for the entire whole year (that perhaps he was given a sign that he and his fast were rejected.) But if he survives the year, he can be assured that he has secured a share in the World-to-Come…. This is something quite improbable, considering the spiritual preoccupation of the day, that it must have been orchestrated by Heaven in order to inspire the person to further heights of introspection and intentional repentance. The Preface to the Explanation: To understand this we will first examine the concluding Mishnah of the tractate: Rabbi Akiva said: How fortunate are you, Israel; before Whom are you purified, and Who purifies you? Even though the eventual outcome is positive, as Rashi explains — because he survived the year it is evidence that he must have many merits — still, this does not make the emission itself a positive occurrence. When he does reach even deeper levels of love and longing for G-d, he will see an abundance of blessing in his life, as the Talmud concludes, “he will live a long life, grow, and raise others.” Even if we explain that the sin spurred the person to passionate fulfillment of many mitzvos, still, this does not make the sin itself positive; it is merely a catalyst for positive activity. Either the sin is “uprooted from the outset,” or the effect — it is “transformed into a merit.” The extent of the transformation depends on the degree of the love expressed by the penitent. (Yoma 88a) The Question: Why did the Talmud choose to end this tractate, the theme of which is repentance, with a discussion of a negative, albeit inadvertent occurrence? The same distinction applies to the two general forms of repentance discussed by the Talmud subsequent to this Mishnah: repentance out of fear and repentance out of love. When a person is consumed with a thirst for G-d as a result of his sins, those sins themselves become merits, for they were integral to his heightened thirst for G-d.

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Project Likkutei Sichos

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29 апреля 2022 г.

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Темы: family_education