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Halacha For Today: Thursday, 19 Elul 5772, September 6, 2012
Halacha For Today:



Thursday

19 Elul 5772; 11 Days Until Rosh Hashanah

September 6 , 2012



Today's Halachos dedicated by daily reader, Y.L., L'Zecher Nishmas his dear grandmother

Rivka bas R' Nosson Yaakov A"H

whose Yahrtzeit is today 19 Elul.

May her Neshama continue to climb higher and higher in Gan Eden and may she be a Meilitza Yosher for her entire Mishpacha


Current Topic:
Review of Halachos of Elul & Yamim Nora'im

 

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1) The next 5 of the 20 Ikarim of Teshuva are:

11. Search your soul and make an accounting of your actions, so you will recall all your forgotten iniquities and be able to say Vidui for them, humble yourself because of them and resolve never to repeat them.

12. Investigate the magnitude of each of your sins. Determine which punishment you deserve for each of them [Malkos- 40 lashings, Kareis- heavenly death penalty or Misas Bais Din- capital punishment meted out by a rabbinic court of law. Though Malkos and Misas bais Din aren't in effect today, as we are in Galus, variations of them are meted out through the heavenly court for those who deserve them] and do the appropriate Teshuva for each of them.

13. Consider even the seemingly insignificant sins as grave sins in your own eyes; don't dwell on the smallness of the sin, rather dwell on the greatness of the King [Hashem] who commanded you to do His will.

14. Explicitly enumerate each and every one of your sins (Vidui) as well as the sins of your forefathers. (as repeating sins they did is in itself a sin; one is supposed to  learn from mistakes of his forefathers and not repeat them)

15. Pray to Hashem and beg Him to have mercy on you and forgive you and erase your sins and purify you from their harmful effects.

 

2)The final 5 of the 20 Ikarim are:

16. Repair your wrongs. Return the stolen items if you stole, or beseech your friend for forgiveness if you spoke Lashon Hara (evil gossip) about them or embarrassed them or other similar sins against your fellow man, as there can be no atonement from Hashem until you secure forgiveness from your friend.

17. Seek and do acts of kindness (e.g. Tzedaka and Gemilas Chasodim) and give support to people who advance truth such as Talmidei Chachamim and Torah scholars, and stay away and shun falsehood.

18. The [details of your] sin should remain in your mind always until the day you die (in order to remember not to repeat them, but not Chas V'shalom to get depressed from them)

19. Let go of the Sin. If the opportunity arises again to do the identical sin, conquer your Yetzer Hara and run away from the [place of] sin, as you would run away from a sword that was pursuing you, because of your fear of Hashem. And even if the same opportunity of sin does not present itself again, have in mind during Krias Shma, when saying the words "B'Chol NafShecha" that you are willing and ready to give up your life in order not to transgress the 3 cardinal sins (murder, idolatry and sexual immorality), and it will be considered as if the opportunity arose, and you withstood the test and didn't transgress.

20. Facilitate the repentance of others. Causing others to sin is one of the worst things to do, and on the other hand, causing others to do good deeds and/or repent is one of the most worthy things a Jew can do, and is also very vital to his/her own Teshuva.



QUESTION & ANSWER CORNER

 
Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers.
 
These Q&A are taken from the Q & A  pages on the Halacha For Today website.
 
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 only, NOT for Psak Halacha.
Questions can be emailed to HalachaForToday@Gmail.com

  Question:
 
Is the sign "KD" [on a food product acceptable as] kosher?

Answer:
 
"K" on its own is not an acceptable kosher symbol. All it means is that the company is saying that it is kosher, but there is no rabbi or agency supporting that claim. "D" just means that it has dairy ingredients in it. So, "KD" just means that the company is saying that it's kosher and dairy. You may not eat a product with "K" or "KD" on it unless you have information from a reliable kashrus agency that the product in question is kosher despite it not having a valid kosher symbol.


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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.  
 

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING MEANINGFUL FOR THIS SECTION, PLEASE EMAIL IT TO HalachaForToday@Gmail.com  

THANK YOU AND תזכו למצות!
 

זכר צדיקים וקדושים לברכה

 

 

                       

                 

 

 

 YOU DON'T NEED TO ATTEND EVERY ARGUMENT YOU ARE INVITED TO.   

 

Submitted by a daily reader, C.F.




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