The Mitzvah of Teshuvah – Responsibility for Our Actions

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for you. I would be turned on already. Is it recording on already? >> Yes. >> Okay, terrific. Thank you. >> desalinized Yums of >> Okay, we're studying Hilchos Shuvas the Rambam. And with all of the literature on the subject, when the Rambam introduces the topic, there's a famous famous problem in the way that he puts it. So, the title of the section is the laws of Shuva. And as a it's his style, at the beginning, he tells you which of the 613 commandments this section is about. And he says, one mitzvah, the whole of the 10 chapters about one mitzvah, that a sinner should repent from his sin before God and confess. So, the words say that this mitzvah has two parts. Mitzvah means commandment. So, he's commanded to repent and confess. Now, he begins to explain the definition of the mitzvah, and he says the following. This mitzvah, second This mitzvah and the fundamental principles that follow in relation to it are explained in the following chapters. If a person transgresses any of the mitzvahs of the Torah whether positive command or negative command whether willingly or inadvertently, we'll have to talk about that. When he repents and returns from his sin he must confess before God. Now, you have a you have this here? Uh This doesn't sound like the headline. The headline says the mitzvah comprises two parts, A and B. And then the discussion says, "When A happens, however it happens, for whatever reason then you're obligated to do B." Well, what happened to A? Why isn't A part of the obligation? So there actually is a view in the Minchas Chinuch, in the text of the view that there is no obligation to uh change your attitude or stop doing the commit transgression. Uh there's no

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2. 3:46obligation to what to what he calls to repent here. It's a package deal because when…
3. 8:04Um but actually there's a another way which other commentators look about. And we saw this…
4. 12:22it's it has a logic to it. It fits the context in a certain way. But…
5. 16:07to do it?" That's also a good defense. It's a good way to explain why he's…
6. 20:19Or maybe it's a process. Maybe it'll take time. Now, there is a kind of thought,…
7. 24:37And he says, "This is the intent of the Torah's statement, behold, man has become unique…
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