<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Arie Folger <<a href="mailto:afolger@aishdas.org">afolger@aishdas.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div>Please check Maharal (Gur Aryeh) on the Rashi on this verse. G"d showed that<br>
the unity of the created (the fruit) and its creator (the tree) cannot exist<br>
in the purely material world. Only man can rise above this. He translates the<br>
issue as failure, not sin of the trees and earth.<br>
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Theologically most attractive.<br>
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Arie Folger<br>
<a href="http://www.ariefolger.googlepages.com" target="_blank"></a></font></blockquote></div><br>Indeed "cheit" [as opposed to Avon or pesha] can mean error or missing the mark. The translation of Cheit as sin can often make the text a bit harsher. While we may be held RESPONSIBLE for fixing a heit, we are not always "guilty" in the same way one would be in a pesha. Responsible to Fix YES. Guilty for error, is perhaps too strong,perhaps obligated to CORRECT an erro, obligted for Tikkun [or korban chatas] might be a better understanding - more charitable, too.<br>
<br>Don't forget that terms such as chov and Chayyav can mean obligated as wells as culpable/liable.<br> <br>FWIW, a favorite Shabbas Shuva Draswha of mine was to point out that it was NOT Adam's "sin" that got him kicked out of Gan Eden, but his lack of Teshuva. Same With Sha'ul re: Amaleik. [and perhaps Kayyin re: Hevel, too]<br>
<br>David ws mesakken for BOTH Adam and Sha'ul byt willing to 'fess up [and for arguably a bigger aveirah] <br><br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br>RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com<br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>