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"Upper Level Teshuva" for Zera LeVatala
The Alter Rebbe explains in sefer HaTanya exactly what Teshuva Ila'ah means: To never sin in this area again.
Only teshuva Ila'ah (complete teshuva) atones for the sin of zera levatala. Therefore if ...
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Is there Maamar Tekhiyat HaMetim from the Rambam online version in English?
Yes, you can find an English translation here. The translation is part of the book "Maimonides - Crisis And Leadership" by Avraham Halkin and David Hartman and includes translations of ...
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What is the Chaya?
According to Moshe Miller:
The soul merges into a state of complete nullification of the ego… The aspect of the soul called Chaya gazes upon the Divine energy of the world of Atzilut. Whereas the ...
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Is there positive proof that the Rambam did not accept Kabbalah?
The tanya gives lots of kabalistic sources for laws of the Ramabam.
Moreh Nevuchim reasons for mitzvot parallel etz chaim. And they both say there is no reason for wine libations.
There are those who ...
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Do people with special needs have a higher soul?
This book, the autobiography of a young French woman so severely disabled that she had to manipulate a special device with her mouth to write it, would appear to suggest that. She died before her 20th ...
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Reconciling Geocentric vs. Heliocentric views
So much to unpack in this question:
The Torah and the whole Tana"kh doesn't deal extensively with cosmology. And when it does, they describe ancient "flat-earth-with-a-firmament-above" ...
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Reconciling Geocentric vs. Heliocentric views
The Torah definitely does not hold the Heliocentric view and the Torah (and Zohar) definitely did not know anything at all about relativity before Einstein. In fact, Rabbi Slifkin writes that Orthodox ...
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Reconciling Geocentric vs. Heliocentric views
This is not really a Torah question. But if you want here's the answer. Yes the systems can be reconciled using math. In Heliocentric system the motion of planets is described by Kepler's laws, which ...
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Are Jewish and non-Jewish souls equal?
The essence of your question is related to Bereshit 1:24-27 and Bereshit 2:7 which say the following:
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים תּוֹצֵ֨א הָאָ֜רֶץ נֶ֤פֶשׁ חַיָּה֙ לְמִינָ֔הּ בְּהֵמָ֥ה וָרֶ֛מֶשׂ וְחַֽיְתוֹ־...
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Did G-d foresee the sin of knowledge?
So did Hashem know that Adam and Eve would sin? If yes how come he made that happen in the first place? Is it considered hashgacha pratit and was it suppose to happen? If yes how come?
There is a ...
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How to live in the times of Mashiach right now
Learning halachos of korbanos is equivalent to bringing korbanos. The same can be said regarding laws of ritual purity that we do not observe. With laws of zeraim there is a difference in opinions, ...
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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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Did G-d foresee the sin of knowledge?
Hashem wanted Adam and Chava to eat the fruit, but He wanted them to volunteer. He therefore set things up that they should figure it out and do so. The reason is because it is better to be a Baal ...
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What is the deeper explanation of this passage in Iggeret Hakodesh (According to true Kabbalah or Chassidic explanation)
In order to keep the length of this answer manageable, the effort will be to stick with the allegory used by the Ramban.
He is comparing the analog, (the intellect שכל (the intellectual aspect of ...
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Whats the source of saying Al Cheit at night?
The Arizal in Pri Etz Chaim Shaar Krias Shema She'al Hamitah chapter 10:
צריך שיהיו נגד עיניו כל החטאים שבאו לידו אותו היום, ויהיה נגד עיניו בעת שכיבתו, ויתודה עליהם בפיו, אחר הק"ש כנודע, ...
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