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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> | ||
# One who has transgressed a particular sin multiple times, or even someone who has become a habitual sinner in regard to a particular sin, should not give up hope, as Teshuva is still possible to attain. <ref> Rambam Hilchos Teshuva Perek 4:6 </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> | ||
