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# 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== | ==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> | # 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> | ||
==How to combat the Yetzer Hara== | |||
# To overcome the Yetzer Hara one of the greatest tactics is to learn Torah.<ref>Gemara Kiddushin 30b, Sukkah 52b, Brachot 5a. Gra (Mishlei 25:21) writes that for the Yetzer Hara for physical pleasures one should learn Aggadat and for the Yetzer Hara for anger one should learn halacha. See there for a deep explanation of this concept.</ref> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Between Man and Himself]] | [[Category:Between Man and Himself]] | ||
