I am sorry if I have offended anyone here!me too
Hi Masha, is that part of your Kippur ?
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Halacha 5
It is very praiseworthy for a repentant to confess publicly, to make
his sins known to them, and reveal any sin which he committed
against someone else. He should say, ‘even though I have sinned
against so-and-so and did such-and-such, today I repent and
regret it’. Anybody who is too proud and doesn’t publicize his
sin but covers up their sin has not completely repented, as the
verse states, “He who covers up his sins won’t succeed” (Mishlei
28: 13). In which case is this true? For sins committed against
another person*. But sins against G-d should not be publicized. It
is considered insolence to reveal them. Rather he should repent
before G-d and specify his sins before Him, and only confess
publicly without specifying them. It is better for him not to
reveal them as it states, “Fortunate is he whose transgression is
forgiven, whose sin is covered” (Tehillim 32: 1).
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Halacha 7
Yom Kippur is a time of repentance for all, for individuals and
communities. It is the end of pardoning and forgiving of Israel.
Therefore, everyone is obligated to repent and confess on Yom
Kippur. The mitzvah of Yom Kippur is to begin [confessing] in the
afternoon, before eating, in case one chokes to death during the
meal, before confessing. Even though he has confessed before he
ate, a person must still confess again at night in Ma’ariv of Yom
Kippur. And again in Shacharis, Musaf, Mincha and Ne’ilah. Where
in prayer does he confess? An individual after the Amida, and the
Chazzan in the middle of the Amida in the fourth blessing.
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Halacha 9
Repentance and Yom Kippur atone only for sins between the
person and G-d, such as eating a forbidden food, having prohibited
relations, and similar things. But sins against other people such
as injuring, cursing or stealing are never atoned for until he has
paid what he owes the person and appeased him. Even though he
has returned any money he owes he still has to appease him and
ask for forgiveness. Even if one only made fun of someone else he
has to appease him and entreat him until he forgives him. If the
person does not want to forgive him, then he must bring a row
of three of his friends and entreat the person to forgive him. If
they still won’t forgive he must ask him two or even three times.
If they still won’t forgive him he should leave him alone and go
away. This person who did not forgive is now the sinner. But if
[the person sinned against was] his Rabbi, he must continue to
approach him even a thousand times until the Rabbi forgives
him.
Halacha 10
It is forbidden for a person to be harsh and not be appeased. Rather
he should be easily accepting and slow to anger. When someone
asks for forgiveness he should forgive him wholeheartedly and with
a desiring soul. Even if the sinner had distressed him considerably
and sinned against him a lot, he may not take revenge or bear a
grudge. This is the way of the descendents of Israel, and to those
with a good heart. But the non-Jews, who have uncircumcised
hearts, are not so. Rather “he has kept his fury forever” (Amos 1:
11). Similarly it states concerning the Givonim, because they not
forgive or appease Israel, “The Givonim are not of the Children of
Israel” (Shmuel 2 21: 2).
I'm not sorry if my opinions offend people because I stand by what I say.
This is a controversial message board. Most posts are going to offend somebody or other!
As I said in my "Ask Muman613" thread... We should ask for forgiveness for offending those who we consider to be our brothers and sisters. Those who have made themselves our enemy {as in trolls, etc.} we do not need to ask for forgiveness although we still can do so in the hopes that they will someday do teshuvah.
I'm not sorry if my opinions offend people because I stand by what I say.
Too bad you're not fully honest
I'm not sorry if my opinions offend people because I stand by what I say.
Too bad you're not fully honest
Do you think I'm being deceptive?
Ron, we know you see Christians in exactly the same light as Muslims but here's a question, when was the last time Muslims joined JTF to do taqqiyah? I can only think of one Muslim who even a little fit into that category (Sarah), and she was pretty honest about what religion she was and decided to leave entirely on her own.
I haven't been honest that we have major theological differences from Judaism? How so?