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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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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"?

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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