[Avodah] Akeidah vs. Chet Eigel

[Arie Folger]

RRW wrote:
> To me the original sin was Adam's coverup. Similar to shaul he could not
> confess when caught unlike david hamelech and l'havdil George Washington

Actually, while Adam doesn't confess, unlike, say Kayin, he actually
feels shame. I would say that there was charata, just no vidui. But,
given the magnitude of the sin, that may have been a most major
lacuna.

KT,
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