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Any hope for people who say, "I will sin then repent, sin then repent"?
Refer to the Mishnah in Yoma 8:
With regard to one who says: I will sin and then I will repent, I will sin and I will repent, Heaven does not provide him the opportunity to repent, and he will remain ...
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What is Teshuvah?
According to the Alter Rebbe in Tanya (Igeret Hateshuva, chapter 1), Teshuva means:
to return to G‑d with all his heart and soul, to serve Him, and to keep all His commandments.
Teshuva means ...
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In Orthodox Judaism, can a person repent for a sin normatively punished by death?
Can one perform teshuva and be forgiven in such a case?
The Chida - Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai explains in his commentary to the Pesach Haggadah, called Simchas HaRegel that:
if one ...
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Seeking Sources on Living Piously in a Secular World
Neither were Abraham, the holy matriarchs, Josef, Jethro, and even Mosses brought up in the best of surroundings, and the Midrash even says that Abraham worshiped idols in his youth, yet heaven ...
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Seeking Sources on Living Piously in a Secular World
Repentance is the biggest cleanser of the soul; and there is no sin that can't be forgiven, if a person truly repents.
The first step of repentance; is regret, which you've amply expressed.
The second ...
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Any hope for people who say, "I will sin then repent, sin then repent"?
Rambam, Hilchot Teshuvah, Chapter 4:
1. There are 24 deeds which hold back Teshuvah: Four are the commission of severe sins. God will not grant the person who commits such deeds to repent because of ...
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Any hope for people who say, "I will sin then repent, sin then repent"?
Tanya, Iggeres HaTeshuva 11:
ואין זה ״אחטא ואשוב״, כי היינו דוקא שבשעת החטא היה יכול לכבוש יצרו,
אלא שסומך בלבו על התשובה, ולכן, הואיל והתשובה גורמת לו לחטוא – ״אין
מספיקין וכו׳״. ואף גם זאת ״אין ...
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Yisro and the message of the convert
The lesson from Jethro is that he tried all other religions before concluding Judaism was the only true one:
Jethro said: I have not neglected to worship any idol in this world, but I have found no ...
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If all Jews reaccepted the covenant w/ love and did complete teshuvah after being saved during the Purim events why weren't they redeemed immediately?
Here's part of the answer, that they still had to make Teshuvat haMishkal, a weighty substantive teshuvah
Likutei Halakhot Purim Halakha 1 Ot 3
And this is the thing that happens in every single era, ...
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How can we compare a Ba'al Ga'avah who did teshuva to avraham avinu?
The sifsie cohen on the torah, at the end of parshas chayei says commenting on the medrash rabba:
Hashem looked into the future before Avraham was born, and saw that his grandson would be a wicked ...
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The Rambam's "Complete Repentence" + halachical logistics
I think this question is a mistake (notwithstanding the checked answer!) The Rambam doesn't say or mean that you are supposed to do this. He simply describes examples of two different kinds of ...
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When was Adam restored to favor?
As per your comment:
What happened in those 130 years (and why 130 years?) that meant that Adam was restored to favor.
Refer to Eiruvin 18b which shows how he took steps to repent:
מֵיתִיבִי, הָיָה ...
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When was Adam restored to favor?
Radak on Bereshit 5:3 states that he had done teshuva and became a perfectly righteous person after 130 years. He suggests that it was a form of intellectual pollution that he fixed through teshuva. ...
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Teshuva and Torah study
From the Shalah Hakadosh עשרת הדברות, יומא, נר מצוה ב׳)
עוד בכלל בפיך, לימוד התורה. ילמוד בעל תשובה כפלים ממה שהיה רגיל ללמוד, כי תלמוד תורה מכפר עון. אמרו במסכת מנחות (קי, א) מאי דכתיב (ויקרא ז, לז) ...
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What is Teshuvah?
I understand that when we do something improper we should not pray but decide not to do it again, and develop good habits that help assure that we will not repeat the mistake. Rambam said that when ...
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If all Jews reaccepted the covenant w/ love and did complete teshuvah after being saved during the Purim events why weren't they redeemed immediately?
The seventy years was not up. Consider the medrash that the celebration that Achashveirosh held and used the keilim of the Bais Hamikdash was because he thought that it was the end of the seventy ...
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How to use the Tikkun HaKlali?
Tikun Haklali was originally taught by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov as a rectification for the sin of zera levatala, particularly keri. It is also a "general rectification" (hence its name) for ...
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