Sept. 20, 2023

Redefining Repentance: Unveiling the True Nature of Atonement and Preparing For The Sacred Day of Yom Kippur (2023)

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Season 5

Ever wondered why simply going through the motions of atonement isn't enough to cleanse us of our past misdeeds? What if the answer lies in the universal law of cause and effect and the true meaning of repentance? Brace yourself for a profound discussion that will change how you perceive atonement and redemption. We tackle the misconception that lip service confessions and heart pats can grant you the absolution you seek. Prepare to be enlightened on how every choice and action we undertake fundamentally shapes our relationship with spirituality and our receptiveness to spiritual opportunities.

Our conversation navigates the path of genuine repentance and spiritual cleansing. We delve deep into the need for sincere atonement, the importance of acknowledging our transgressions, and having an earnest resolve for a better future. This discourse will help you comprehend that true repentance extends beyond mere words but requires owning up to our mistakes and actively striving for change. So, be ready for a spiritual journey redefining your understanding of repentance and rebirth. Submerge into the tide of truth and emerge cleansed and renewed.

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Whether by way of some really bad counsel or just some faulty reasoning, you have come to believe that some simple patting of the heart and some lip service confessions will grant you the atonement that you are looking for and the exoneration from your previous transgressions on the upcoming day of your aimkipper.

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Well then, you are in for a brutal surprise.

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My friends, you are sadly mistaken, for there is a law of the universe, that the world is governed by the law of causation, cause and effect, that every single action is a catalyst, sets into motion a reaction, a non-littier effect some know it a little bit by way of the butterfly effect and every mitzvah will make you more connected to spirituality.

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You can literally be opened up to new vistas and connected new ways, and then be even opened up to more mitzvah opportunities, while every sin, god forbid, will make you more susceptible to impurity and will numb your senses for certain spiritual opportunities and experiences.

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Action and reaction Siba and Misovev is what the wise men call this, and we are, each individual, a sum total of our previous actions.

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That's what we have the ability to access.

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So, on aimkipper, when it is called the day of kapara, we have 364 days worth of a massive tidal wave of filth, of mucky, soiled, foul smelling water, a big tidal wave of sin coming to crash down upon us, because this is the laws of the universe, of that every single sin must be paid for.

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And now it is aimkipper and in order, as the word connotes, yamkapara, to be spared from the impact and to be purified from your past, in order for Hashem to declare, as he did after the Jewish people had been involved in that debacle of the dancing around the golden calf, when Hashem said solach di kidvarecha, I have forgiven you according to your word.

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You gotta repent like you mean it.

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You gotta earn the atonement, you gotta be honest, you gotta repent and earnest.

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You have to hit yourself and say tati, I took all of your gifts and everything that you gave me, including the breath in my lungs, and instead of just fulfilling what I am on the world to do, I used it for something else.

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I wasted my time, committed suicide on this certain time period that you gave me and slaughtered different opportunities, and therefore guilty is charged.

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And when you do that with a true confession and you really regret what you did and you build up the resolve to do better in the future, the tidal wave is ripped up and you earn that miraculous event of sliha and kapara, and the red turns white and you dance with joy as you have been born a new, like a brand new baby.

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So repent like you mean it and save yourself from this tidal wave of filth by admitting and by saying, not a cliched sorry, but God, please forgive me.

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I owe you my life.

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I promise you I'm gonna do better in the future.