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When can repentance be considered complete?
Rabbeinu Yonah in Shaar Teshuva lists 20 principles of Teshuvah, interestingly the last principle he lists is dettering the public from sin, to the extent one is able to do so. להשיב רבים מעון כאשר ...
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When can repentance be considered complete?
The Rambam answers this in Hilchot Tshuva: there are three stages
Confession
Regret and commitment not to sin again
Not transgressing when facing the same situation again
(some say there are four ...
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Why is there an accusation in our Confession litany?
"מחזור המפורש" (Gefen, Jerusalem 5772 Ashkenaz) explains (a few times, but see page לה) that this confession means that we have lead others astray.
תעינו מן הדרך הישרה, והתינו אחרים ממנה.
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Why am I always the last person to finish davening Al Cheit?
This is impossible to answer since we do not know where you daven or what kind of speed they daven at. My experience has been that in shuls that are "frummer" i.e. higher percentages of people who are ...
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תעבנו, תעינו, תעתענו Why three things that begin with a ת?
Firstly, Seder Rav Amram Gaon (Seder Sheini Vechamishi, page 9) only has תעבנו and תעתענו, so in that version (which is fairly authoritative) it is only doubled and not tripled.
Also, in the sefer ...
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What sins are just bein adam l'chaveiro?
Rabbeinu Yona in chapter 4 explains that after getting the mechila you still need vidduy, but that vidduy prior to getting forgiveness doesn’t work
ואמרו רבותינו זכרונם לברכה מכל חטאתיכם לפני ה' ...
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In the Al Cheit prayer, do we say bagalui or b'galui?
In several places, pesukim say בַּסֵּתֶר, or at the end of a sentence בַּסָּתֶר, to mean "in private". Examples are Devarim 13:7 and 27:15.
(Sometimes it's connected to the next word, like Shir ...
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Is Vidui before a Talmid Chacham permitted? (based on Breslov/Likutei Mohoran)
R' Nachman could have been inclined to the Raavad's opinion that sins committed against God may be publicized so the person experiences humiliation. (See Lechem Mishneh Teshuvah 2:5 justifying the ...
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Why is there an accusation in our Confession litany?
According to Wikipedia,
The last two sins (repetitions of the letter תּ) are "תָּעִינוּ
תִּעְתָּעְנוּ" (taw'inu, titawnu) are usually translated as: "We went
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Why am I always the last person to finish davening Al Cheit?
Praying does not require speed - it requires Kavana - focus, concentration and meaning. I'm not sure why you should feel embarrassed in any way. Contrarily, if the majority finishes a long time before ...
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Why is there an accusation in our Confession litany?
This is really a question on a specific translation/interpretation of the word. The OU published an explanatory translation of Viduy. On this translation they comment:
You have let us go astray (we ...
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why no letter "ס" samech in viduy of yom Kippur?
Many acrostic piyutim interchange ס with שׂ because of their sound being the same. I suppose it is because the author could not find a fitting word that began with ס. One example of this would be in ...
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Why can't we repent every day?
I suggest that one of the blessings of the weekday Amidah (page 120) covers confession without the need to say Tachanun:
Forgive us, O our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, O our
King, for ...
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Sins mentioned in Yom Kippur davening
Probably a more useful and more specific source is the first Perek of Maseches Shevuos which deals with a massive argument amongst the Tannaim as to which karbanos atone for which sins exactly.
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Sins mentioned in Yom Kippur davening
It sounds like what you are looking for is all found in the ten chapters of Mishnah Torah, Hilchot Teshuvah. It seems to cover everything you are inquiring about in the last paragraph of your question....
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Where do i insert vidui in bedtime shema?
The following nusach ashkenaz siddurim have vidui as the first item in the bedtime shema:
Siddur Otzar Hatefillos
The Koren Sacks siddur
Siddur Rinas Yisrael p 189
Artscroll Siddur
so that ...
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The almost-alphabetic acrostic Al Chet
I heard it is related to ס being the first letter of ס"מ (the evil inclination) and we don't mention that letter (sources needed).
However, earlier in אשמנו בגדנו it does appear as סררנו. It seems ...
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The almost-alphabetic acrostic Al Chet
Many acrostic piyutim interchange ס with שׂ because of their sound being the same. I suppose it is because the author could not find a fitting word that began with ס. One example of this would be in ...
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How can saying vidui for a dying person substitute for his own confession?
I've heard of a case where somebody in a coma was aware of things happening around him, but couldn't respond in any way. This person eventually recovered and thanked the chaplain for sending someone ...
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How do I say vidui in Selichos in a meaningful way?
"Better a small number of prayers with concentration, than many without concentration." (Shulchan Aruch OH 1:4) "If... one estimates that he will not be able to concentrate for a large number of ...
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