[Avodah] Akeidah vs. Chet Eigel

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 09:09:28PM +0000, rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:
: Pokdi Is not punishment more like legacy or maybe karma
: We are still suffering from cheit adam harishon and from cheit hameraglim
: and from cheit ho'egel.
: AISI it is not retribution so much as the lingering after affect.

Mah beinaihu? Are you saying that onesh is retribution as opposed to
after-effect? If so, I disagree.

    Mipi elyon lo seitzei hara'os vehatov
    Mah yi'onein adam? -
    chai gever al chata'av!
				- Yirmiyahu (Eikhah 3:38)


Much much more, such as a machloqes whether sin causes spiritual damage
which causes pain or likhlukh upon the soul, the relationship of the
hashkafic "fork" (temimus vs deveiqus), etc... at
<http://www.aishdas.org/10YemeiTeshuvah.pdf>, pg 4 onward.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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