Ein Yaakov 006a | Never Give Up

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The opening of this shiur, in R' Nasan Maimon’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

The Gemara says that a person should always “sulli” - always pray, and a person should never give up hope. To continue to pray and to do teshuvah. Now, the Gemara shows how this means even in the worst instances possible. For example, a person becomes very ill and it is obvious that he is about to die, the people surrounding him are required to say to him “confess your sins”. Because the Mishnah says, in Sanhedrin, “All those who are about to die, or be put to death by the Sanhedrin, should confess first, so that they can go to Olam HaBah [the Future World] with a clear record. One who confesses his sins is forgiven.” The Baal Shem Tov HaKadosh said that a person who has very serious sins and these sins are engraved into the person's bones, the person can die from the illness caused by this engraving itself - actually physically. There's a sickness called Shevirat Atazmot - Chas veShalom [G-d forbid] where a person's bones become very brittle - they break. We know that medically… we know that's due to a lack of vitamin D and, in this case, it's caused by sins that are committed. And this engraving of these sins in the bones cannot come out. The bones cannot release this engraving or this brittleness except through viduy - through confession. Confession, of course, should be said in front of a tzaddik. Yet, when a person

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