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6 Tishrei 5742 — 6Tishrei English

Выпуск: 6 Tishrei 5742 — 6Tishrei English. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Although Jews are near to G-d the entire year, as it is written (Devarim 4:7) “For which nation is there so great, that has G-d so near to them, as the L-rd our G-d whenever we call upon Him,” nevertheless, there are varying degrees in closeness; and in the Ten Days of Repentance, the closeness between G-d and Jews is extremely great. the eyes of the L-rd your G-d are on it from the beginning of the year until the end of the year.” We see then that there are varying degrees in the revelation of G-dliness: Although the entire Eretz Yisrael receives Divine watchfulness, the G-dly revelation was much greater in the Bais HaMikdash. It is explained in Likkutei Torah (Parshas Haazinu), that “the main part of teshuvah is ‘the spirit shall return to the L-rd Who gave it.”’ That is, teshuvah is connecting oneself to G-d (“the L-rd Who gave it”), Who gave a person his soul, “a part of G-dliness from Above.” Hence, true teshuvah applies even to tzaddikim, for on whatever level a person may be, he can always come closer to and make stronger the bond with “the L-rd Who gave it.” Since G-d is infinite, so too is the bond with Him. The above particularly applies during the Ten Days of Repentance, when the soul (“a part of G-d”) is particularly close to G-d (“the source”) — “Seek the L-rd while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.” A Jew who needs to repent literally (those who need to “Seek the L-rd” and “call upon Him”), has the assurance that even to such as him, G-d is very close — “He may be found” and “He is near.” This strength given by G-d to each and every Jew, man and woman, assures that the service of teshuvah will be completely successful. Logically then, teshuvah should be performed when a person is alone (not in a community), for then it is easier to “return to the L-rd.” Proper teshuvah requires a true “cheshbon hanefesh,” a searching of one’s soul and self-accounting, to know what to rectify. Yom Kippur, writes Maimonides (Hilchos Teshuvah 2:7) is “the time of repentance for all, for the single person and the man; it is the time of pardon and forgiveness for Israel, and therefore everyone is obligated to do teshuvah and to confess their wrongdoing on Yom Kippur.” We see in practice then, that on Yom Kippur, the

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