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==General== | ==General== | ||
# Even though there is important and effective to perform repentance all year round, during the [[Aseret Yemei Teshuva]] there is an additional aspect of having one's [[Teshuva]] accepted by Hashem immediately. <ref>Rambam ([[Teshuva]] 2:6)</ref> | # Even though there is important and effective to perform repentance all year round, during the [[Aseret Yemei Teshuva]] there is an additional aspect of having one's [[Teshuva]] accepted by Hashem immediately. <ref>Rambam ([[Teshuva]] 2:6)</ref> | ||
==Procedure== | ==Procedure== | ||
# If a person sinned, whether it be a positive command or a negative command - whether willingly or inadvertently - when he repents, and returns from his sin, he must confess before Hashem, as it states (במדבר ה:ו-ז) : "If a man or a woman commit any of the sins of man... they must confess the sin that they committed." This refers to a verbal confession. This confession is a positive command.<ref>Rambam Teshuva 1:1</ref> | # If a person sinned, whether it be a positive command or a negative command - whether willingly or inadvertently - when he repents, and returns from his sin, he must confess before Hashem, as it states (במדבר ה:ו-ז) : "If a man or a woman commit any of the sins of man... they must confess the sin that they committed." This refers to a verbal confession. This confession is a positive command.<ref>Rambam [[Teshuva]] 1:1</ref> | ||
# How does one confess: He states: "I implore You, God, I sinned, I transgressed, I committed sins before You by doing the following. Behold, I regret and am embarrassed for my deeds. I promise never to repeat this act again."<ref>Rambam Teshuva 1:1</ref> | # How does one confess: He states: "I implore You, God, I sinned, I transgressed, I committed sins before You by doing the following. Behold, I regret and am embarrassed for my deeds. I promise never to repeat this act again."<ref>Rambam [[Teshuva]] 1:1</ref> | ||
# The essential parts of תשובה are admitting the sin, regretting it, and promising never to do it again. Whoever elaborates upon these matters and performs a more serious teshuva is praiseworthy.<ref>Rambam Teshuva 1:1</ref> | # The essential parts of תשובה are admitting the sin, regretting it, and promising never to do it again. Whoever elaborates upon these matters and performs a more serious [[teshuva]] is praiseworthy.<ref>Rambam [[Teshuva]] 1:1</ref> | ||
# Almost every כפרה is contingent upon doing תשובה. For example, קרבנות only affect atonement if you do תשובה. Similarly, Yom Kippur only atones for those who repent. <ref>Rambam Teshuva 1:1</ref> | # Almost every כפרה is contingent upon doing תשובה. For example, קרבנות only affect atonement if you do תשובה. Similarly, [[Yom Kippur]] only atones for those who repent. <ref>Rambam [[Teshuva]] 1:1</ref> | ||
==Effects of Teshuva== | ==Effects of Teshuva== | ||
# At present, since we don't have the בית המקדש or the מזבח, the only way we can receive atonement is by doing תשובה .תשובה atones for all sins. <ref>Rambam Teshuva 1:3</ref> | # At present, since we don't have the בית המקדש or the מזבח, the only way we can receive atonement is by doing תשובה .תשובה atones for all sins. <ref>Rambam [[Teshuva]] 1:3</ref> | ||
# Even though תשובה atones for all sins and the essence of Yom Kippur brings atonement, sometimes you receive atonement immediately and sometimes it is only after a long time. If a person violates a positive commandment which is not punishable by כרת and does תשובה, he is forgiven immediately. By contrast, if a person violates a negative commandment that is not punishable by כרת or מיתת בית דין and repents, תשובה has a partial effect and Yom Kippur atones completely.<ref>Yoma 85b, Rambam Teshuva 1:4</ref> | # Even though תשובה atones for all sins and the essence of [[Yom Kippur]] brings atonement, sometimes you receive atonement immediately and sometimes it is only after a long time. If a person violates a positive commandment which is not punishable by כרת and does תשובה, he is forgiven immediately. By contrast, if a person violates a negative commandment that is not punishable by כרת or מיתת בית דין and repents, תשובה has a partial effect and [[Yom Kippur]] atones completely.<ref>Yoma 85b, Rambam [[Teshuva]] 1:4</ref> | ||
# If a person violates sins punishable by כרת or מיתת בית דין and does תשובה ,תשובה and Yom Kippur have an incomplete effect; atonement is complete when sufferings come upon him. | # If a person violates sins punishable by כרת or מיתת בית דין and does תשובה ,תשובה and [[Yom Kippur]] have an incomplete effect; atonement is complete when sufferings come upon him. | ||
# Someone who creates a 'חילול ה, Teshuvah, Yom Kippur and suffering provide partial atonement which is only complete with death. <ref>Yoma 85b, Rambam Teshuva 1:4</ref> | # Someone who creates a 'חילול ה, [[Teshuvah]], [[Yom Kippur]] and suffering provide partial atonement which is only complete with death. <ref>Yoma 85b, Rambam [[Teshuva]] 1:4</ref> | ||
==Greatness of Teshuva== | |||
# It is so great that even someone who was wicked, despicable and distanced from Hashem one day, can become beloved, precious and close to Hashem the next day through תשובה. <ref>Rambam [[Teshuva]] 7:6</ref> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Between Man and Himself]] | [[Category:Between Man and Himself]] | ||
