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dvarim We do not celebrate the month of Elul, for there are those who
resist repentance.
How can we greet the King amidst the mud and muck of sin? We must
clean ourselves appropriately through teshuvah.
We stand before Hashem on Rosh Hashanah like sheep being counted by
their shepherd. Whoever is not worthy will be put to great shame.
One should never repent on Yom Kippur with the intent of returning to
sin when the day is out.
Sins between man and his fellow man, created in the Divine image,
obviate the path to complete forgiveness.
“You shall not abhor an Egyptian, for you were
a sojourner in his land”
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(Devarim 23:8)
“When you will go out to war against your
enemies, and Hashem, your G-d, will deliver
him into your hand, and you will capture his
The Yetzer Hara is the modern-day Amalek, who waits in ambush at our captivity. And you will see among its captivity
doorstep. The way to eradicate him is by Torah study and mitzvah a woman who is beautiful of form, and you
performance. We can divide the word into . It is possible to will desire her, you may take her to yourself
(slaughter) the Yetzer Hara by means of the Torah, which is
interpreted in (seventy) ways. for a wife”
(Devarim 21:10-11)
“And the living should take it to heart.” The word (and the living)
is numerically equivalent to twenty-nine. Adding one for the word itself
makes thirty, the gematria of the letter , an allusion to (study).
Torah study affords one life. As long as a person lives, he should immerse
himself in Torah, through which he gains the tools to conquer Amalek,
the embodiment of the Yetzer Hara.
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