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“Ye shall NOT ADD TO THE WORD which
I command you, NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH FROM
IT, that ye may keep the commandments of אֱלֹהֵיכֶם יְהוָה - the LORD your Eloleichem,
which I command you”. Davarim - Deuteronomy 4:2. (JPS-1917).
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With Rabbi,
Dr. Reuven Ben Avraham-Goossens, PhD.
For interest, there are three essential elements to repenting. This is true at any time, but this study should, (I pray) help you to prepare for ‘Yom Kippur’.
At other times of the year, there is a third step of repentance according to the ‘Rambam’. Before taking these other steps below, you must recognise what you were doing is a sin and you must stop it. Since ‘Yom Kippur’ is covering the last year’s worth of sins, I am pray that your sin is over and completed. But if you have a sin that repeats itself, you must stop it before Yom Kippur! And work hard not to regain it again later!
Before Yom Kippur comes, be aware of the following suggestions:
1. Your confession: It is very important that you need to say your sins out loud, whether that is only to יְהוָה - the LORD’s ears or to a human ear. Normally, this happens during the ‘Ten Days of Repentance’ and Yom Kippur with a fixed text that covers just about everything you could have done. However, you may add to the list whatever you need to.
If your sin was against a person, you must confess your sin to that person and seek forgiveness. But if you honestly seek forgiveness and offer restitution three times but the other person denies it, you don’t have to ask any more. At that point, the other person bears the sin of holding a grudge.
2. Regrets: You should feel bad about your sins. Don’t rationalize it away. Think about how it has damaged you and your relationships with יְהוָה - the LORD as well as with other people.
3. Teshuvah: Turn away from the sin by resolving not to do it again in the future. If applicable, create a plan for avoiding that situation in the future or how you can better handle it!
It is said that there is a preparation for Yom Kippur, being the ‘Al Chet prayer’, however that prayer is based on the evil ‘Mystical’ and ‘Occult’ based ‘Kabbalah’ thus this prayer is not suitable of us Hebrews, and we need to repent and from ever using it. I believe that a prayer of repentance should come from your heart! Indeed, we need to and spend time thinking about the last year (or years) of your life. I think it is important to remember when we try to rationalize that one sin or another was not really that serious, no one was hurt, and maybe it is not such a bad thing in the first place. Remember this, in archery, it is either you hit the mark or you do not. But at the same time, you can always be working closer and closer to the mark. So maybe you have the same list of sins as you had last year. Consider where you have moved closer to the mark and maybe where you have moved even further away from sins.
What were Rambam’s three other main suggestions?
1. Abandonment
of the Sin (Azivat Hahet): Ceasing the
‘improper’ or ‘harmful action’ immediately!
“Azivat Hahet” - עזיבת
החטא is a Hebrew phrase that translates to “abandonment of the sin” or
“forsaking the sin”.
2. Sincere Remorse (Haratah): Feeling ‘genuine regret’ and
understanding the negative impact of the deed’.
“Haratah” - חרטה is Hebrew for ‘regret’, ‘remorse’, or a ‘feeling of guilt’ about a past action.
3. Verbal
Confession (Viddui): Speaking the
confession aloud to אֱלֹהִים – Elohim (God) and asking for forgiveness, this
concretises the commitment in your mind.
“Viddui” - וִדּוּי in
Hebrew translates to “confession”. It comes from the Hebrew root meaning to
‘acknowledge’ or ‘admit’. In our faith, it refers to a prayer of confession,
which can be recited to take stock of one’s life, and ask for forgiveness, and
fully atone for your sins!
In
Conclusion:
If
you’re preparing for Yom Kippur, I suggest that you spend time in prayer during
the “Ten Days of Repentance”, and be ready when you reach the day of “Yom
Kippur!”
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