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Jews for Judaism — Shlach 5784

Выпуск: Jews for Judaism — Shlach 5784. Темы: health_mind. Поисковые термины: здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש. They brought support for their belief by pointing to Leviticus 17:11, which they claimed said, “Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness [atonement] for sin.” By now, a crowd of thirty people had surrounded me and was pushing forward to hear my response. continued… However, this line of thinking is why a sacrifice was required for unintentional sins since those who sin unintentionally might mistakenly think they didn’t do anything wrong because it “was only an accident.” Therefore, the Torah required sacrifices for accidental sins because the process of offering a sacrifice served to arouse feelings of remorse and repentance. Since this verse from Proverbs concludes, “But the prayer of the upright is His delight,” I explained to the missionaries that after the Temple was destroyed, we can offer our sincere prayers in place of sacrifices, as it says, “Take words and return to the Lord….offer your lips in place of sacrifices” (Hosea 14:2). ‫בס"ד‬ Spiritual Insight For The Week with Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz The Crowd Cheered When I Refuted the Missionary On a warm summer day, I stood in front of the Jews for Judaism booth at a Jewish community’s Celebrate Israel Festival. I immediately recalled a verse in this week’s Torah portion, Shelach (Numbers 13:1– 15:41), which describes God’s anger when the Jews accepted a slanderous negative report about their ability to conquer the Land of Israel. A sacrifice was required if a person committed certain serious transgressions to God and and only if they were done unintentionally, as it says, “The don’t need an person who sins unintentionally” (Leviticus 4:20). May this Shabbos provide many opportunities to turn to God with our prayers, and may they be answered with blessings of good health, spiritual growth, and success in all of our endeavors. Furthermore, repentance was a prerequisite for a sacrifice to be acceptable, as King Solomon states “The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord “(Proverbs 15:8). response the missionary’s Addressing the crowd, I stressed that in recognition of the power of prayer in obtaining forgiveness, Jews recite the verse, “I have jaw dropped. For example, atonement could be achieved by giving charity (Exodus 30:16), by offering i

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Jews for Judaism

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27 июня 2024 г.

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Темы: health_mind