[Avodah] Recognizing The Silent Aleph

[Cantor Wolberg]

What I find very interesting is that one of the words for 'sin' is  
cheit, spelled ches, tes, aleph.  In addition to meaning sinning,  
distancing from God, violating the law unintentionally, it also means  
missing the target. In other words, as the Hebrew letter aleph, at the  
end of the word is silent and has no function in the pronunciation of  
the word, so too, one who misses the target, misses a “letter” so to  
speak and can’t see what he or she has done wrong.
May we all be fortunate enough to recognize the silent aleph.
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