Repentance, or Teshuvah (תשובה), is not merely an expression of regret for past wrongdoing. It is a process through which a person recognizes his mistakes, abandons his wrongful conduct, humbles himself before G-d, and makes a sincere commitment to change his future behavior. In Chovos HaLevavos, Shaar HaTeshuvah, Chapter 4, Rabbeinu Bachya explains that there…

The Difference Between Being a Tzaddik and Continuing to Grow The Torah begins Parshas Noach (Bereishis 6:9): אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת נֹחַ נֹחַ אִישׁ צַדִּיק תָּמִים הָיָה בְּדֹרֹתָיו “These are the generations of Noach. Noach was a righteous man, perfect in his generations.” The Torah mentions Noach twice: “These are the generations of Noach. Noach was a…

1. The verse in Mishlei (Proverbs 21:21) states: רֹדֵף צְדָקָה וָחָסֶד יִמְצָא חַיִּים צְדָקָה וְכָבוֹד “One who pursues tzedakah and chesed will find life, righteousness, and honor.” The Gemara — Bava Basra 9b 2. Rabbi Yitzchak teaches: כל הרודף אחר צדקה, הקדוש ברוך הוא ממציא לו מעות ועושה בהן צדקה. “Anyone who pursues tzedakah, Hashem…

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**The Posuk — Bereishis 2:3** וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹקִים אֶת־יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ כִּי בוֹ שָׁבַת מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָא אֱלֹקִים לַעֲשׂוֹת׃ “Gd blessed the seventh day and made it holy, for with it He ceased from all His work which He, Gd, had created in order to continue shaping it.” ## The Blessing of the Seventh Day —…

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The question is: who really needs a miracle like Kriyas Yam Suf — קריעת ים סוף, the Splitting of the Sea? Would someone already on an extraordinarily high level of kedushah — קדושה, deeply connected to HaKadosh Baruch Hu, need such a grand and overwhelming miracle in order to recognize Him? Would Avraham, Yitzchak, and…

The Sages strongly condemn a person who had the opportunity to learn Torah and did not learn, or a person who has learned Torah but stopped learning. They deplore it so severely that with their ruach hakodesh they declare that this person is barred from the World to Come. The Gemara in Sanhedrin 99a says:…

Understanding אין עושין מצוות חבילות חבילות — From the Gemara to Sheva Berachos on Leil HaSeder The Gemara introduces an important principle that governs the way we perform mitzvos: אין עושין מצוות חבילות חבילות — Ein Osin Mitzvos Chavilos Chavilos. We should not perform mitzvos in bundles, as though they were obligations that we wish…

Introduction The Gemara (102b) brings the shittah of R’ Yosi who holds that if one is in the middle of eating a seudah as Shabbos comes in, he can continue eating. Once he finishes, he takes two cups of wine. He uses the first one for Birkas Hamazon and the second for kiddush. [The Baal…