Shaarei Teshuva: Shaar 1:28 - Rabbeinu Yona's Great "Opening of Hope" in the World of Teshuva

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doesn't want sacrifice, human sacrifice, but by a person humbling their heart in front of Hashem, that is the way of gaining the favor of shamayim. Um So, now in Ois Chovav on page 36, Rabbeinu Yonah tells tells us that one of the reasons why the ba'al teshuvah is responsible to humble himself is because he needs to remove the middos that caused him to sin in the first place. And ga'avah, arrogance, is one of the roots of sin. Arrogance really fuels the yetzer hara. In Ois Chovav Zion, Rabbeinu Yonah says, "Ha'ga'avah mesoveves kamah aveiros." Ga'avah causes many sins, and it causes the yetzer hara to uh become bigger and stronger in a person. And um and aside from the fact that ga'avah causes many sins, ga'avah itself is a sin. Okay? And that's what we learned in Ois Chovav Zion. So, tonight Where does ga'avah come from? Where does ga'avah come from? Ga'avah uh comes from many sources. Sometimes it could come from lack of self-esteem. Where the sefer sha'arei teshuvah says that sometimes a person feels um empty and unfulfilled and unaccomplished, and in order to make up for that, he pumps up his own ego to compensate for his feeling of unworthiness. So, even though you might think, "No, a person who feels has low self-esteem wouldn't be arrogant." But, the Sfas Emes says it's like an empty pushka. An empty pushka you put in one or two coins, makes a lot of noise. You pack it with coins, doesn't make any noise. So, too with a person. If person is filled with accomplishment, you don't hear about it. Person is unworthy, so now everybody has to hear about all the little the few little things a person did, okay? So, in Ois Chofetz Chaim, Rabbeinu Yonah gives us another aspect, another

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1. 0:32doesn't want sacrifice, human sacrifice, but by a person humbling their heart in front of Hashem,…
2. 1:33Where does ga'avah come from? Ga'avah uh comes from many sources. Sometimes it could come from…
3. 2:34dimension of the importance of humility in one's heart. This is on page 38. The baal…
4. 3:36which is ga'avah. And if a person humbles himself, "Lo yakpid al chaveiro," he will not…
5. 4:36What Hashem will do is Hashem will overlook his sins. So, somebody says something to you…
6. 5:39This is an opening of hope which is very admirable. This is an opening of hope…
7. 6:39the obligation of teshuvah, especially according to Rabbeinu Yonah? Says Rabbeinu Yonah, let me give you…
8. 7:42Yonah brings the proof to this. You take the offer P who? You put your mouth…
9. 8:42opening of hope. So, this is the the final aspect of the seventh ingredient of humility,…
10. 9:44And why is humility in one's heart, why does that precede humility in action? For very…

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