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May 1, 2024 · In the beginning of Al HaTeshuvah (On Repentance) Rabbi Soloveitchik cites the two schools of thought regarding this question. Based upon his reading of other statements of Maimonides, the Rov concludes that Maimonides certainly did consider teshuvah to be a מצוות עשה - a positive Torah obligation.
May 14, 2024 · Teshuvah, he argues, is frequently mistranslated as repentance, which comes from the root, “to be repeatedly sorry.” That mindset causes a person to focus on his failures and sadness. However, the correct translation of teshuvah is “returning,” and that shifts the focus to positive goals.
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May 1, 2024 · Moses Maimonides, Jewish philosopher, jurist, and physician, the foremost intellectual figure of medieval Judaism. He wrote both in Arabic and Hebrew on a wide range of subjects from logic to medicine to Jewish law.
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May 14, 2024 · So, the Shelah says, therefore before you eat, you need to say viduy and do teshuvah every time you are partaking of a meal. Does anyone know where the Shelah (Shenei Luchos HaBris) writes this?
4 days ago · The punishment of kareis is only for prohibitions one committed after the age of 20. So even though one is certainly liable for sins committed at age 13–20 (12–20 for girls), the punishment of ...
May 10, 2024 · Maimonides (Mishne Torah, Hil’ Teshuva 5:2) writes that unlike the belief of foolish Gentiles and unlearned Jews that each person is predestined to good or evil, it is within the ability of each person to determine his or her own fate. Each of us can be as righteous as Moses or as wicked as Jeroboam.
3 days ago · The Zohar tells us that HASHEM looked into the Torah and created the world. The Torah is the blueprint of creation. Everything in this world is a manifestation of that “looking into the Torah”. All that exists is made of the Ratzon, the deepest “desire” of HASHEM. Therefore, any phenomena large or small, global or local, cosmic or ...
