[Avodah] Akeidah vs. Chet Eigel

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

Arie:
> 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.

The midrash states that adam gave 70 years to David

Point? David rectified (tikkun) the failures of Adam and Sha'ul to be
modeh al ho'emes. Again this is my shabbas shuva drasha not my shabbos
breishis drasha.
Adam's sin AISI was a simple mumar letei'avon and had he not covered up
he would have been OK. (Too bad nixon and clinton didn't learn this.)

What if Sha'ul had said hatasi immediately when Sh'mu'el confronted him
instead of fumferring? He mght have realized (like Re'uven ben Ya'akov)
that he should abdicate in favor of Hashem's choice.? Maybe Yehonosson
for a while?

When Bnai Yisroel were confronted with meraglim they were modeh and
wanted to do tikkun via the ma'apillim but it was too late.

Again I see these 3 cases as special and as paradigms. Actually the
mishna hints @ 2 being paradigms already

KT
RRW
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