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