<div dir="ltr">R' Joel asked: How [when] does one know when ToChaCha will be accepted?<br><br>But I believe that the correct question is - when does one know ToChaCha will NOT be accepted?<br>Because we have Halacha that answers that Q and we must assert that until that standard is met the duty remains.<br>We are exempted from this duty when the recipient slaps, or according to many is ready to slap. In other words, one has a duty to clarify - that's the true meaning of LeHoChiAch, to clarify to the sinner that their deeds are wrong - and it's fairly certain that after a couple of hundred attempts to get through, before the recipient is ready to slap, one is not likely to succeed. And yet this Mitzvah is defined with a double instruction, which Chazzal explain to mean, one must continue, even a thousand times.<br> Then again, it's not just repeating the same old same old, the MoChiAch must seek new methods to grab attention, as in telling a story about one poor fellow who only had one sheep which the neighbour, who had thousands of sheep, stole this one sheep etc.<br><br>The other exemption stated in RYona is where there recipient would not listen to anyone even his father mother or Rebbe or Rosh Yeshivah etc So the bar is set quite high. The duty is quite onerous.<br><br>In this regard we might consider that Yosef and his brothers never resolved their issues. Rabbenu Bachya points to the Paytan who compiled the Piyut for the Asarah Harugey Malchus, the 10 martyrs, who attributes this horrible event to the betrayal of the 10 brothers. And it's worthy to consider why Yosef didn't take the high road and forgive his brothers even though they did not seek his forgiveness?<br>as RaMBaM states DeOs 6:9 If one does not want to rebuke whoever has caused him grief or harm, because the sinner is HedYot BeYoser or DaAto MeShubeshes, but within his heart forgives, and bears no hatred against him, this is Midas Chassidus, pious conduct.
<div><br></div><div>Now we ought to clarify why the RaMBaM qualifies his Midas Chassidus to those two cases? Why is it not important to encourage everyone in all circumstances to be a Chassid?</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps it is because those who have harmed others actually need help and even if they are forgiven for this particular event, the evil character remains unchecked and unhealed. That is the responsibility of HToChiAch. One cannot possibly be a Chassid if one takes no action to help another Yid who has a flaw - and is perhaps the reason that Yosef was not Mochel. The brothers needed - but failed to recognise their error and the shortcomings that fed and fostered this terrible betrayal that stained our national history.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>