1)
As we mentioned yesterday, the 3 Yesodos of Teshuva are further broken
down into into 20 Ikarim, a more detailed expansion of the three
Yesodos, which include different aspects to achieve a proper and
everlasting Teshuva.
2) The first five of these Ikarim ,following the order and interpretation of the Sefer Chareidim's (Perek 62) understanding of Rabeinu Yonah, are as follows:
1. Regret your bad deeds and say to yourself: "what have I done? How could I have not feared Hashem's anger and fury?"
2.
Let go of the sin. Let the evildoer resolve truthfully with his/her
whole heart to never repeat the sin until his/her dying day. The resolve
should be so strong that the One who knows our deepest and darkest
thoughts [Hashem] will be able to testify that we will never transgress
that particular sin again.
3.
Your entire being (body and soul) should tremble and feel pained and
bitter for having angered your Creator who is the Creator of the sun,
moon, sky, earth and everything else!
4. Do something tangible to express your pain, such as fasting, crying and lamenting for your sins.
5. Worry
and fear the punishment that you will get for your sins; how bad
things will come over you because of them. Figure out how to do proper
Teshuva to rescue yourself from the punishment.
QUESTION&ANSWER CORNER
Reader
Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we
covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers.
Although
the answers I give to questions are taken directly from the Sifrei
HaPoskim, and aren't my own, they are still for study purposes
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QUESTION:
What would be the proper bracha on shnitzel (breaded chicken cutlets)?
ANSWER:
For
breaded chicken or fish, if the coating is thick, and there for its
taste, it is definitely Mezonos. If, however, it is a very thin coating
which isn't there for itself, rather to lend taste to the chicken or
fish, then it isn't considered to have its own Chashivus and is
shehakol. This was the Psak of Rav Moshe Feinstein and Rav Yaakov
Kamenetsky and Rav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg Zichronam Livracha (quoted
in Sefer V'Sein Bracha by Rabbi Yisroel P. Bodner)
CHIZUK CORNER
This
section is dedicated L'Ilui Nishmos the Telzer Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav
Chaim Yaakov Stein Zatzal , the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Noson Tzvi
Finkel Zatzal and the Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Ohr, the great Posek
HaRav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg Zatzal.
May we all strive to follow in their ways and may they be Melitzei Yosher for all of Klal Yisroel.
We
will B'Ezras Hashem post here each day a short inspirational thought to
help us all improve our lives and grow in our service of our Father in
heaven, HaKadosh Baruch Hu.
"
Any ethical teaching that you are able to derive with your powers of
reason, you are responsible for, just as if you had been told explicitly
by Hashem.
You
don't need an explicit command from the Torah to be held responsible
for something that with your own mind you can understand. "
Submitted by a daily reader, Chanaleh; Taken from Rejoice O' Youth/Simcha Minute booklet
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