New answers tagged baal-teshuva
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The Chofetz Chaim's Shocking View of Baalei Teshuva
The context here is that the Chafetz Chaim is exhorting people to observe the laws of nidda by warning them of risks associated with failure to observe these laws, and the purpose of his writing isn't ...
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Looking for source of story about returning a lost object
I know the story and like it. As with many of these stories, the Italian proverb "se non è vero, è ben trovato" (if it is not true, it is well done) applies.
The full story is sourced here ...
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Is Baal teshuvah really greater than a tzadik according to the Mittler rebbe
The original source is Brachos 34b:
Rabbi Abbahu said: In the place where penitents stand, even the
full-fledged righteous do not stand
In the gemara it's brought as a dispute, but the Rambam rules ...
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Is Baal teshuvah really greater than a tzadik according to the Mittler rebbe
I'm no Lubavitcher but I heard from Rabbi Shapiro of Miami who used to write the Likkutey Sichos for and in collaboration with the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe that he once said on Makom she’baalei ...
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Is Baal teshuvah really greater than a tzadik according to the Mittler rebbe
Chassidus has an alternative definition of tzaddik. It's not merely someone with a high mitzvah to sin ratio. It's someone with an inherently better soul ( usually with less capacity for sin.)
So a ...
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Is Baal teshuvah really greater than a tzadik according to the Mittler rebbe
It's understandable that a baal teshuva could go higher than a tzaddik. After all, the Mishnah says: "The reward is proportional to the effort" [Avot 5:23]. For example, a baal teshuva who ...
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